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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.05-30 MHz 1.6-4.5 / 4.5-12 / 87.5-108 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? DSP Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 N-type Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/450Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 4.5 V DC or 3 × UM-2 'baby'-cells
Current RX ? 35 W ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1972 and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
482 × 133 × 508 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 20.00 in)
180 × 210 × 65 mm
(7.09 × 8.27 × 2.56 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S WATKINS-JOHNSON-HF-001000 SONY-ICF-005500-/-CAPTAIN-55