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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 200 kHz - 30 MHz 30-50 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 455 kHz
2nd: 4034 kHz
10.700 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 0.3 W Built-in speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50/75Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Internal 9 V NiCad (trickle charged through 115 V DC) Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1976 in USA Between 1957 and 1958 Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 287 × 156 × 215 mm
(11.30 × 6.14 × 8.46 in)
? 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
Weight ? ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-GR-000078 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000104 HEATHKIT-SB-000300