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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  20m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 200 Hz per hour after warm-up < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz) 10-80 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   USB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) 1 µV for 15 dB S/N ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 6 kHz @ -60 dB 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 2305 kHz ?
Image rejection 60 dB 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 W into 8 ohm 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 20 m (14.20-14.35 MHz) 10-80 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   USB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1 / 100 W 200 W PEP 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC ? External high-voltage power supply
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 3-20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
? 380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 HEATHKIT-HW-000032 HEATHKIT-HW-000100