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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Multiband SSB Transceiver | 400 W
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? 100 Hz in 30 minutes (after 15 minute warm-up) ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 80-10 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   SSB   USB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S/N (SSB) ?
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB
4.2 kHz @ -60 dB
SSB
2.4 kHz @ -3 dB
4.5 kHz @ -60 dB

AM/FM
12 kHz @ -3 dB
32 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output 0.75 W 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations - AM   SSB   USB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB: 500 W, CW: 400 W, AM: 100 W 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 75/400Ω 50-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells Mains 13.5 (11...16) V DC
Current RX ? ? 600 mA
TX - ? 2.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 1975 and 19xx in Brazil Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
355 × 130 × 365 mm
(13.98 × 5.12 × 14.37 in)
193 × 88 × 260 mm
(7.60 × 3.46 × 10.24 in)
Weight ? 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) Power supply: 8.5 kg 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 DELTA-DBR-000500 SEMCOSET-SEMCO-ROTO-S