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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
CB Radio | Bluetooth
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 26.965-27.405 MHz 10-160 m + 6 m (1.8-54 MHz)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   -
RF-output 50 W 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? Mains (110 / 220 V DC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 19xx and 20xx Between 1962 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
? 385 × 185 × 255 mm
(15.16 × 7.28 × 10.04 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S COBRA-000029-LTD-BT STAR-SR-000550