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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

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) 25.615-28.315 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range ? 80-10 m (no WARC) 25.615-28.315 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W 21 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 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 197x and 197x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 43 × 30 × 20 mm
(1.69 × 1.18 × 0.79 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
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Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 271 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Bandspread 6146B final ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-TW-001000 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020 MIDLAND/ALAN-000555