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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 14 kHz - 30 MHz 2-1100 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM, SSB < 0,5 uV ?
Selectivity ? 150 Hz, 400 Hz, 750Hz, 1,75 kHz, 3,1 kHz, 6 kHz, +/- 0,25 - 6 kHz (SSB, -6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? 10 kHz to 500 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Built-in telescopic - -
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1990 in USA Between 1986 and 19xx in East Germany Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 540 × 198 × 395 mm
(21.26 × 7.80 × 15.55 in)
?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication
Features ? ? Signal strength readout in dBm
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SW-007800 RFT-EKD-000500 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008615