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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Deluxe HF Antenna Tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Typically less than 500 Hz pr hour after a 30-minute warm-up. Typically less than 150 Hz pr 30 minutes after a 90-minute warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
≤ 0.2 µV for readable signal
? ?
Selectivity Narrow: 250 Hz maximum at 6 dB.
Wide: 1 kHz maximum at 6 dB.
5 steps ?
Filters Passband 700 Hz (approximate) ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 455kHz ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 watt into 8-ohm load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   - All mode  
RF-output 4 W (3 W on 10 m) ? 200 / 2000 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16 V DC Mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 1 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 1991 in USA Between 1946 and 19xx in USA Between 1983 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 235 × 108 × 216 mm
(9.25 × 4.25 × 8.50 in)
489 × 280 × 489 mm
(19.25 × 11.02 × 19.25 in)
368 × 352 × 146 mm
(14.49 × 13.86 × 5.75 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ? 7.10 kg (15.7 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 QSK
WARC option
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000009 RCA-CR-000088A HEATHKIT-SA-002060A