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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 0.54-30 MHz in four bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ?
Image rejection 60 dB ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands -
Modulations CW   SSB   -
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A ?
TX Max 16 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 KENWOOD-000009R-59