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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz (AM, SSB)
87-108 MHz (FM)
118-137 MHz (AM)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N <0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) AM 0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
AM 118-137 MHz: 4 µV (1000 Hz, 30% mod)
W-FM: 4 µV (20 dB S/N, mono)
SSB: 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <12 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=4 kHz)
>4 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=2.3 kHz)
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? PLL
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? >60 dB (0.1-30 / 118-137 MHz) >50 dB (87-108 MHz)
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker / headphones

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) SSB: 500 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 F-type + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 40/100 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains 9V DC (Mains or 6×D cells)
Current RX ? ? 510-830 mA
TX Max 40 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 196x and 197x in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa) Between 200x and 200x in China
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
? 506 × 235 × 226 mm
(19.92 × 9.25 × 8.90 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ? 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) with power supply
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 70 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ALC
CW filter option
CW side tone and break-in operation
Logging scale
Six pole xtal lattice filter
Solid state VFO
ANL
Dual clock
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 GALAXY-V-MARK-III TECSUN-HAM-002000