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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
2 band SSB transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz (60×500 kHz bands) 0.1-30 MHz 7.0-7.085 / 14.15-14.33 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5-30 MHz:
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <1 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.005-0.5 MHz:
25-200 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) @ 3 kHz BW 0.3 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ? MHz
2nd: ? MHz
3rd: 230 KHz
? 9 MHz
Image rejection 0.5-30 MHz: 80 dB average, 50 dB minimum >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz) 7.0-7.085 / 14.15-14.33 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) 3.5-4 W

Connections

Antenna Hi-Z SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC or mains 115/230 VAC 12-14V DC 10.8-13.8 V DC
Current RX ? Max 1.5 A 70-80 mA
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1972 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 420 × 195 × 320 mm
(16.54 × 7.68 × 12.60 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
?
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 5.30 kg (11.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 39 IF-DSP filters. Spectrum scope. Auto-ATU option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000500 TEN-TEC-JUPITER-(000538) YOUKITS-TJ000002A