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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Station Monitor

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m ? 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - All mode  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.1 µV ? 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80m ?
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output 200 W 600 W output with 100 W drive ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC Mains Mains
Current RX 250 mA ? 22 W max
TX 20 A max. 8 A @ 240 V AC, 16 A @ 120 V AC ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions ? 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 15.85 kg (35.0 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-SS-000200A HEATHKIT-SB-000200 HEATHKIT-HO-005404