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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands 10-80 m
Modulations AM   SSB   AM   CW   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM: 2.5 µV (10 dB SNR @ 30% modulation
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB SNR)
? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 4 kHz (-6 dB) ? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Regenerative Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? 5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? Built-in 4" speaker 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 50-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC Mains (110 V AC) 13.8 V DC
Current RX 250 mA (no signal) ? 300-500 mA
TX - - 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 196x and 197x in USA Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions ? 254 × 178 × 127 mm
(10.00 × 7.01 × 5.00 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight ? 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. cabinet 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Bandspread tuning 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001254 LAFAYETTE-EXPLOR-AIR-(KT-000135) ATLAS-000210