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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ? 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 65dB
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? 0.2W (8 ohm load)

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
-
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) SSB: 260 W (PEP input), CW: 180 W (input) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
330 × 140 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
?
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS-232 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000270-CYGNET WINRADIO-WR-001500E