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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous 9 / 10 / 100 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 100-519 / 522-1620 kHz / 1.7-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 3 µV ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity 4 kHz ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: ?
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Via SP-190 speaker 1 W 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC 6V DC (4 × R6 batteries) External high-voltage power supply
Current RX ? 300 mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
188 × 117 × 30 mm
(7.40 × 4.61 × 1.18 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 450 gr (15.9 oz) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 600 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ¼" Head. Jack, S-Meter, Preselector, AGC, NL, Calibrator, AGC, Q-Multiplier, Record Jack, Mute Line, RF Gain, HFO Output. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-AX-000190 TECSUN-PL-000600 HEATHKIT-HW-000100