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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Tubes Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB > 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W / 240 W (PEP input) 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 32 W
TX ? ? 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 197x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 335 × 140 × 280 mm
(13.19 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight ? 17.50 kg (38.6 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 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 ? ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FT-000077 SOMMERKAMP-FT-000250 KENWOOD-TS-000830M