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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 1.5-18 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
?
Filters 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 9.00165 MHz ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output 3 W into 4 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 100 W on all bands ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12V DC (internal dynamotor)
Current RX 1.8 A ?
TX 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 193x and 194x in by RCA
Dimensions 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
460 × 240 × 182 mm
(18.11 × 9.45 × 7.17 in)
Weight 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
?
Accessories ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 MILITARY-BC-000312-M