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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 3.5-27.4 MHz - 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m -
Modulations - CW   -
RF-output ? 50 W -

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX ? - 80 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 380 × 170 × 350 mm
(14.96 × 6.69 × 13.78 in)
330 × 216 × 178 mm
(12.99 × 8.50 × 7.01 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) ? 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000310 HEATHKIT-HX-000011 EDDYSTONE-000730/8