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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
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 ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-20 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 24-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 465 kHz 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output 12" HiFi speaker 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 24-32 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W max 25 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 -
Impedance 100Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains ?
Current RX ? 32 W ?
TX - 295 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
178 × 67 × 254 mm
(7.01 × 2.64 × 10.00 in)
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SP-000220-X KENWOOD-TS-000830M RANGER-RCI-002950DX