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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz - 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 15-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB > 60 dB
Audio output ? 3 W @ 10% THD 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 15-80 m 160-10 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 2.5 W FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.5 V DC Mains
Current RX ? 2 A 32 W
TX ? 19 A max 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1983 in USA Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight ? 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000008 YAESU-FT-000757GX KENWOOD-TS-000830M