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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup 10 ppm (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
AM/SSB/CW: 10dB S/N
FM-N/FM-W: 12dB SINAD

Mode 0.15-1.5 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 30-1000 MHz 1-1.5 GHz
AM 25µV 1µV 1µV 1.9µV
SSB 0.9µV 0.3µV 0.3µV 0.4µV
FM N 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV
FM W - - 1.0µV 1.0µV
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz SSB/CW 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W 230 kHz @ 6dB
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 65dB
Audio output ? ? 0.2W (8 ohm load)

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 85-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC ?
Current RX ? 850 mA ?
TX - 18.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1961 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions 413 × 241 × 233 mm
(16.26 × 9.49 × 9.17 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
?
Weight 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS-232 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000100C TEN-TEC-OMNI-C WINRADIO-WR-001550E