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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
4 meter SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Variable Speed Tuning VST

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m (no general coverage)
WWV 10 MHz
69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FSK   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV S+N/N or more -130dbm MDS
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
FSK/CW narrow with YK-88C: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.8 kHz (-60 dB)
3.0 kHz (-6dB), shape factor: 1.7
500 Hz (-6dB), shape factor: 2.4
Filters ? YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz 3.0 kHz / 500 hz
Receiver system 19 tubes, 12DQ6B finals Single conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 8.830 MHz 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB 100 dB
Audio output ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm 1 Watt at 1% THD, 1.5 W at 5%

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m 69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FSK   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) Max 100 W 10 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU (Mains or 12V DC option) 11-16V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 1.2-1.6 A 650 mA
TX ? 20 A max 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165.1 × 330.2 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 13.00 in)
325 × 133 × 287 mm
(12.80 × 5.24 × 11.30 in)
221 × 100 × 221 mm
(8.70 × 3.94 × 8.70 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? WARC option
NB
Dual RIT
IF Shift
VOX
Transverter terminals
Analoge S-meter
Accessories ? AT-180 Antenna tuner with SWR/power meter and antenna switch
DFC-180 Digital frequency control
HS-4 headphones
HS-5 headphones
MC-35S Hand microphone, 50 kohm
MC-50 Desk microphone, 500 ohm/50 kohm
PC-1 Phone patch
PS-30 Power supply
SM-220 Station monitor
SP-180 External speaker with filters
VFO-180 Remote VFO
YK-88C CW filter, 500 Hz
YK-88S SSB filter, 2.2 kHz
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MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000150 KENWOOD-TS-000180S NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000004SC