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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.0001 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 9.6-10 MHz 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB < 0,5 uV 0.2 μ v (at 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
?
Filters ? ? 2.5 / 5 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.5 W 1W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 12V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? 50 W 380 mA max
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 2013 and 201x in China
Dimensions 406 × 267 × 406 mm
(15.98 × 10.51 × 15.98 in)
540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
58 × 110 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 4.33 × 1.26 in)
Weight 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version 232 gr (8.2 oz) incl. antenna + battery
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
Voice prompt
ANI code
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000115 RFT-EKD-000300 BAOFENG-UV-000066