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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in six bands 0.54-40 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity ? ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 12 tubes Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output ? ? 1-20 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 105-130V AC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1944 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions ? 425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight ? ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None None 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000120X NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)