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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave 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 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ? ?
Tuning steps ? 9 / 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 0.150-30 / 87.5-108 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal ? ?
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz)
Receiver system Direct conversion Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 9V DC (6R20/D + 2R6/AA) 13.8V DC
Current RX 35 mA ? ?
TX 450 mA max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
293 × 160 × 60 mm
(11.54 × 6.30 × 2.36 in)
?
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 1.75 kg (3.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 15 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Clock. RF gain Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 SANGEAN-ATS-000803 TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586)