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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-80 m 80-10 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ≤ 0.1 µV ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
? ?
Filters 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 9.00165 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 3 W into 4 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-80 m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W on all bands 200 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12-14V DC ?
Current RX 1.8 A 250 mA ?
TX 20 A max 20 A max. -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 197x and 19xx Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
? ?
Weight 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)-ASTRO-000103 SWAN-(CUBIC)-SS-000200A SWAN-(CUBIC)-000600R