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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 ppm (0-50°C)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 77.5-80 / 160-170 / 410-412.5 MHz 10-80 m 0.005-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? Better than 3 µV @ 10 dB S/N < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
Selectivity ? ? 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL. ? conversion superheterodyne Digital signal processing
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 55 dB 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum
Audio output ? ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB)

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 20-60 W ?

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne - BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts
Current RX ? Max 1.2 A @ 220 VAC ?
TX - Max 2.5 A @ 220 VAC -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 2000 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 132 × 32 × 146 mm
(5.20 × 1.26 × 5.75 in)
542 × 222 × 348 mm
(21.34 × 8.74 × 13.70 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
Weight ? 27.00 kg (59.6 lbs) 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? PBT
DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COMMANDER-000330 RFT-000215B TEN-TEC-RX-000340