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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Portable Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 500 cycles drift in first hour, after 15 minutes warm-up, and less than 100 cycles per hour thereafter ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-38.1 MHz in five bands - 180-400 / 540-1600 kHz / 1.8-8 MHz
31, 25, 19 and 16 m
Modulations AM   CW   - AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m ?
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W (AM 35 W) ?

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 V AC, 50/60 cycles) ?
Current RX ? - ?
TX - 350 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 19xx in USA Between 1965 and 196x in USA Between 1952 and 1956 in USA
Dimensions ? 333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
43 × 30 × 20 mm
(1.69 × 1.18 × 0.79 in)
Weight ? ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Separate speaker. S-meter option ? Bandspread
Accessories ? HA-16 VOX ADAPTOR ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000018-SKY-CHALLENGER-II HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000046 HALLICRAFTERS-TW-001000