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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Transmitter Exciter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
- -
Modulations CW   SSB   - USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM: 2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
? ?
Selectivity AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (option): 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system X-TAL ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
160-10 / 6 m 2-32 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output AM: 80 W (input), 50% duty cycle (slightly lower on 10m), SSB: 260 W (PEP input), CW: 180 W (input) 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains Mains
Current RX 0.5 A - -
TX Max 21 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1974 in Japan Between 1966 and 19xx in Japan Between 195x and 196x in USA
Dimensions 340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
? 480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) ? 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 24 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features 27.265-27.555 MHz XTAL option, RX and TX. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-TS-000288A/24CH STAR-ST-000333 TMC-SBE-000002