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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 0.1-30 MHz 26.?-27.? MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   SSB   -
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N AM: 2.5 µV (10 dB SNR @ 30% modulation
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB SNR)
?
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -60 dB
4 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m - 26.?-27.? MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W (80-15m), 80 W (10m) ? 10 W

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12-15V DC ?
Current RX ? 250 mA (no signal) ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 Between 199x and 200x Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
? ?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 120 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features 100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
? AM/FM
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000102 TEN-TEC-001254 FORMAC-000240