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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 50-54 MHz 10-80m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne ? 19 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 MHz 10-80m
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W SSB/CW: 500 W (PEP), AM: 150 W (?)

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 198x and 198x Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions ? 162 × 55 × 182 mm
(6.38 × 2.17 × 7.17 in)
400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
Weight ? 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 22.50 kg (49.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000670A KDK-FM-006033 SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000500