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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
10-160 m + 8 broadcast bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
0.2 µV for 10 dB (S+N)/N ?
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
Approx. 200-800 Hz ?
Filters ? 4-pole variable-bandwidth crystal filter ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 720 kHz ? ?
Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD 1 watt (peak) into 8-ohm load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
-
Modulations - CW   -
RF-output ? QRP (0-5 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 8.5 to 15 V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 55 mA ?
TX - 700-900 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 199x and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
130 × 60 × 180 mm
(5.12 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
340 × 152 × 305 mm
(13.39 × 5.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 600 gr (1.3 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 ELECRAFT-K000001 YAESU-FR-000101