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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz in 4 bands 0.03-30 MHz 80 / 40 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 6 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 80 / 40 / 20 m: reasonable
50 / 10 / 6 m: barely adequate
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 7 tubes ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws + Hi-Z -
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC external or 8LR6 internal Mains (115 V AC) or 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1966 in USA Between 1998 and xxxx in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions ? 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Tunable BFO for SSB/CW
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HA-000063A LOWE-HF-000150E LAFAYETTE-HA-000800B