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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps Continuous 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ?
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 10-15V DC 12-14V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1980 and 198x
Dimensions 308 × 155 × 254 mm
(12.13 × 6.10 × 10.00 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 255 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-MR-000001-'COMANCHE' LOWE-HF-000250E SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX