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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld AirBand Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz (60×500 kHz bands) 0.1-30 MHz 108-142 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM  
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 AM : 0.5V (S/N 10db)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ? MHz
2nd: ? MHz
3rd: 230 KHz
? ?
Image rejection 0.5-30 MHz: 80 dB average, 50 dB minimum >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 60 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz) -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) ?

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 3LR6 or external 12V DC
Current RX ? Max 1.5 A ?
TX - Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1972 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 420 × 195 × 320 mm
(16.54 × 7.68 × 12.60 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
58 × 127 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 5.00 × 1.42 in)
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 5.30 kg (11.7 lbs) 207 gr (7.3 oz)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 30 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication
Features ? 39 IF-DSP filters. Spectrum scope. Auto-ATU option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000500 TEN-TEC-JUPITER-(000538) YUPITERU-VT-000125