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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transmitter

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.3-30 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - Any three amateur bands between 160-10 m (depending on coil set)
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW  
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) ? AM: 325, CW: 450 W

Connections

Antenna - - Proprietary
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 1938 and 1945 in USA Between 1940 and 195x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
? 750 × 940 × 483 mm
(29.53 × 37.01 × 19.02 in)
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) ? 165.00 kg (364.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000100A HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000004