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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 0.14-12 MHz in 4 bands 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Unpublished ? ?
Selectivity Unpublished ? ?
Filters L/C ? ?
Receiver system 5 tubes, Single conversion, oscillating IF 10 tubes ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W)

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 52-600Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 30 W @ 110 V AC ? 1.2-1.5 A
TX - - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1985 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 190 × 225 mm
(12.99 × 7.48 × 8.86 in)
? 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038D HALLICRAFTERS-S-000051 ICOM-IC-000731