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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.09-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? ? Double direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW  
RF-output 150 W ? 30-40 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 35-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 24V DC or mains 12V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions ? 489 × 190 × 305 mm
(19.25 × 7.48 × 12.01 in)
318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Full QSK
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000135 JRC-NRD-000091 TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570)