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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 480 kHz - 30 MHz in five bands 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne Single Conversion Superheterodyne, 15 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input)

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/120 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) Mains Mains
Current RX ? 80 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 1952 and 1962 in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions ? 426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
?
Weight ? 21.30 kg (47.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station 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 • ¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Rack Handles • Calibrator 100 kHz • RF Gain • BFO ±3 kHz • Mute • 140:1 Tune Ratio • Standby • NL • Dial Lamp • Dimmer (back panel) • AVC ON/OFF • Flywheel Tuning ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000670A EDDYSTONE-000680X SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000560