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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 180-400 / 540-1600 kHz / 1.8-8 MHz
31, 25, 19 and 16 m
- 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz)
Modulations AM   - AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range ? 160-10 m 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations - AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 540 W, CW: 700 W (input) SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic - SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10%
Current RX ? - 2 / 7 A (heater off/on)
TX ? ? 22 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 43 × 30 × 20 mm
(1.69 × 1.18 × 0.79 in)
560 × 790 × 375 mm
(22.05 × 31.10 × 14.76 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 124.75 kg (275.2 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread 4-250A (4-400A/6156) final
VFO
6146B final
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-TW-001000 WRL-/-GLOBE-KING-000500B/C UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020