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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 100 Hz or less after 30 minutes
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 21-21.5 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.33 µV for 10 dB S+N/N at 10m (2 kHz bandwidth) ? SSB/CW: 0.3µV S/N 10dB or more
AM: 1µV S/N 6dB or more
Selectivity SSB: 2 kHz, 1.5:1 (-6 dB)
FSK: 1200 Hz, 2:1

Optional:
CW: 400 Hz, 4:1 and 300 Hz, 2:1
? SSB/CW: 0.6kHz (-6dB) 1.6kHz (-60dB)
AM: 2.4kHz (-6dB) 4.5kHz (-60dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 9MHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? >60dB
Audio output 1 W ? 3W (10% distortion)

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 21-21.5 MHz 160-10m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1-150 W (130 W max above 28 MHz) SSB: 20 W (PEP), CW: 20 W SSB/CW: 280W, AM: 80W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115/230 V, 50-400 Hz) 13.8V DC 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX 100 W Max 700 mA 70W max
TX 400 W Max 5 A 320W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 197x in USA Between 1987 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 413 × 184 × 356 mm
(16.26 × 7.24 × 14.02 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
334 × 322 × 153 mm
(13.15 × 12.68 × 6.02 in)
Weight 15.90 kg (35.1 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Advanced features for such an old radio.
60 dB attenuator
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000007 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HT-000115 NEC-CQ-000110