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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ≤ 0.5 µV for S/N 10 dB 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 2700 Hz @ -6 dB / 4600 Hz @ -50 dB SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
Filters ? ? 400 Hz optional
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 9.00165 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? 3 W 3 W into 4 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 100 W 150 W 100 W on all bands

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 20/300Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC Mains or 12-14 V DC with model 12A converter 12-14V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.8 A
TX Max 20 A ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
330 × 140 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350B SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103