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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 0.1-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz ?
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -60 dB
34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz ?
Filters 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ? >60 dB typical ?
Audio output 2 W 1 watt 4 Ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W (80-15m), 80 W (10m) - ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/450Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8 V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
?
Weight ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
DSP ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000102 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 HEATHKIT-HR-000020