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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 40m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 10-80 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m 10-80 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 50 W SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) 3 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Separate PSU 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 90-250 mA
TX ? ? 750 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in Korea Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 1977 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
61 × 183 × 162 mm
(2.40 × 7.20 × 6.38 in)
Weight ? 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
VXO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000001A HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III ICOM-IC-000202E