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HF Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
QRP SDR HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation ? ± 1.5 p.p.m. ± 0.5 p.p.m. with optional TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ -115 dBm / 0.11~0.89 μV
Selectivity ? ? SSB 2.3 kHz (-6 dB)
CW 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm, 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 160-10 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV  
RF-output 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W ? 5-15 W

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains 9-15 V DC
Current RX - ? 450 mA
TX 260 W max - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1975 in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
? 215 × 74 × 62 mm
(8.46 × 2.91 × 2.44 in)
Weight 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs) ? 613 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Spectrum waterfall display
Noise Reduction
Automatic notch filter
SWR-meter
Supply voltage meter
AF-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000401 KENWOOD-JR-000310 RISEN-RS-000918SSB