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Desktop Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz + FM broadcast band 10-160 m 26.925-28.025 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity AM < 1 µV
SSB < 0,3 µV
0.33 µV for 10 dB S+N/N at 10m (2 kHz bandwidth) ?
Selectivity AM
10 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
4,4 (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2,0 (-6 dB), 3,4 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2 kHz, 1.5:1 (-6 dB)
FSK: 1200 Hz, 2:1

Optional:
CW: 400 Hz, 4:1 and 300 Hz, 2:1
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 55.845 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 26.925-28.025 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   SSB  
RF-output ? 1-150 W (130 W max above 28 MHz) ? W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC external, 8 x R20 + 2 x R6 batteries or mains Mains (115/230 V, 50-400 Hz) ?
Current RX ? 100 W ?
TX - 400 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1986 in Japan Between 1971 and 197x in USA Between 1973 and 197x
Dimensions 254 × 102 × 335 mm
(10.00 × 4.02 × 13.19 in)
413 × 184 × 356 mm
(16.26 × 7.24 × 14.02 in)
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Weight 7.71 kg (17.0 lbs) 15.90 kg (35.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features S/Battery-Meter
Record Jack
Pre-selector
NB
Dial Lamp
Dial Lamp Switch
Carry Handle
Muting
RF Gain
Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Advanced features for such an old radio.
60 dB attenuator
VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000001 SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000007A SILTRONIX-001011C