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HF Receiver
HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m - 10-80 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) - <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) - 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne - ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
- ?
Image rejection 50 dB - ?
Audio output ? - ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 / 6 m 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   CW  
RF-output ? ? 30 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.5-15V DC or mains Mains 12V DC or mains
Current RX Max 750 mA - ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
330 × 180 × 310 mm
(12.99 × 7.09 × 12.20 in)
?
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? - Full QSK
Accessories ? - ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HR-001680 KENWOOD-TX-000310 TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021/DIGITAL-(574)