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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 5-16 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW  
RF-output 100 W ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC Mains 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? 55 mA
TX Max 20 A ? 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 248 × 95 × 302 mm
(9.76 × 3.74 × 11.89 in)
? 140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000150A STAR-STR-000500 YOUKITS-HB-000001A