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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m ? -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 160-10m 160-10 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
RF-output 50 W 4 kW (5kW max) AM: 540 W, CW: 700 W (input)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? -
TX ? ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan Between 1958 and 1959 in USA
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
320 × 167.5 × 107 mm
(12.60 × 6.59 × 4.21 in)
560 × 790 × 375 mm
(22.05 × 31.10 × 14.76 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 109.50 kg (241.6 lbs) Floor console + control unit 124.75 kg (275.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
RS232C
USB
SteppIR interface
6 × antenna switch
3cx3000a7 triode power tube
4-250A (4-400A/6156) final
VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S KOJINSHA-KL-000001 WRL-/-GLOBE-KING-000500B/C