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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≥ 1.5 p.p.m. after warm-up (30 minutes)
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 26.965-27.255 MHz 0.5-30 MHz (continuous)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ≥ 0.45 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 80-15m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 100-120W 3.5 W 5 W

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX 3 A ? 500 mA
TX 20 A ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 97 × 40 × 155 mm
(3.82 × 1.57 × 6.10 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 LAFAYETTE-HB-000023 XIEGU-G000001M