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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ ± 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (5 minutes), ≤ ± 0.01 p.p.m. with an optional GPS unit
Tuning steps Continuous 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz 10 Hz - 999.99 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-38.1 MHz in five bands 10-80 m 40 kHz - 3.15 GHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB/CW
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 1.2 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-1000 MHz: 0.3 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.3 µV
AM
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 4.0 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 4.0 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2.0 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 2.5 µV
FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.7 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.7 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 1.8 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 1.8 µV
Selectivity ? ? CW: 500Hz -3dB: > 380Hz -80dB: > 500Hz
AM: 6kHz -3dB: > 5.5kHz -80dB: > 6.9kHz
SSB: 3kHz -3dB: > 2.7kHz -80dB: > 3.1kHz
N-FM: 15kHz -3dB: >14.2kHz -80dB: > 15.6kHz
W-FM: 200kHz -3dB: > 200kHz -80dB: > 250kHz
Filters ? ? 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 6kHz, 15kHz, 30kHz, 100kHz, 300kHz - Receiving mode dependent
Receiver system ? Single conversion 40kHz: 25MHz Direct conversion 25MHz: 200MHz Double super-heterodyne 200MHz: 420MHz Triple super-heterodyne 420MHz: 3.15GHz Double super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.830 MHz 1st: 294.5MHz / 1.7045GHz
2nd: 45.0MHz / 294.5MHz
3rd: 45.0MHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70dB : 40kHz - 25MHz > 50dB : 25MHz - 2.0GHz > 40dB : 2.0GHz - 3.15GHz
Audio output ? 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD > 2W at 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W (80 W on 10m) ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 N-type
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.2 A max, 200 mA typical
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 19xx in USA Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
220 × 70 × 285 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 11.22 in)
Weight ? 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Separate speaker. S-meter option ? CTCSS / DCS
SD-card audio recorder
RS-232 and USB computer interface
Optional LAN adapter
45 MHz IF output
I/Q output option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000018-SKY-CHALLENGER-II HEATHKIT-HW-005400 AOR-AR-002300