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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m FM 87.5-108 MHz
MW 531-1602 kHz
SW1 2.300-7.800 MHz
SW2 9.100-26.10 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) FM < 10 μV
MW < 3 mV/m
SW < 50 μV
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? PLL
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB >50 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ф57mm 16Ω 0.3W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains 3×AA batteries
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
145 × 90 × 30 mm
(5.71 × 3.54 × 1.18 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 24 channels in 1 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
Clock
Alarm
Sleep timer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S TECSUN-PL-000757A