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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 1.5-18 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
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 ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - CW  
RF-output 100 W ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 24V DC (internal dynamotor) 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? 55 mA
TX ? - 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx Between 194x and 194x in by Farnsworth Television & Radio Corporation Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions ? 460 × 240 × 182 mm
(18.11 × 9.45 × 7.17 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight ? ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-001400 MILITARY-BC-000312-N YOUKITS-HB-000001A