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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
6 band SSB/CW transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift 0.001% 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Tuning steps 1 kHz Channelized 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz in 500 kHz bands 26.695-27.845 MHz 2.5-4.1 / 5-8 / 10-15.1 / 18-22 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? < 0.5 µV / < 0.15 µV for 10 dB S/N (AM/ SSB) 0.3 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
9 MHz
Image rejection ? -50 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.695-27.845 MHz 1.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 10.1-10.15 / 14-14.5 / 18.068-18.168 / 21-21.5 MHz
Modulations - AM   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? AM: 4 W / SSB: 12 W PEP 5-8 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115/230 V AC) Mains / 13.8 V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 1 A max 180 mA
TX - 3.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1973 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 20xx and 20xx in Canada
Dimensions 440 × 160 × 360 mm
(17.32 × 6.30 × 14.17 in)
285 × 135 × 342 mm
(11.22 × 5.31 × 13.46 in)
?
Weight ? 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Kit

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Solid state ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GALAXY-R-001530 GALAXY-DX-002547 YOUKITS-TJ000006A