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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ?
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 160-10 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N FM: 0.15 µV (10 dB)
SSB: 0.06 µV (10 dB)
Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
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Filters ? 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
9.00165 MHz 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 3 W into 4 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W on all bands 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 10-15V DC 12-14V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? 1.8 A Max 1.4 A
TX - 20 A max Max 2.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 1975 and 197x in West Germany
Dimensions 280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
307 × 117 × 260 mm
(12.09 × 4.61 × 10.24 in)
Weight 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 255 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232 Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000250E SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 BRAUN-SE-000401