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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  None  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 150-4500 kHz in 4 bands
88-108 MHz
5-16 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.1 µV ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - CW  
RF-output 200 W ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna SO-239 TV-antenne BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12-32 V DC, 6×1.5 volt battery 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX 250 mA ? 55 mA
TX 20 A max. - 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Denmark Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions ? 350 × 230 × 180 mm
(13.78 × 9.06 × 7.09 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Direction Finding facility
FM broadcast band readout in small window at the bottom of round dial window
DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-SS-000200A SAILOR-R000109 YOUKITS-HB-000001A