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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz (60×500 kHz bands) 10-80 m 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5-30 MHz:
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <1 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.005-0.5 MHz:
25-200 µV (10 dB S/N)
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ? MHz
2nd: ? MHz
3rd: 230 KHz
? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
Image rejection 0.5-30 MHz: 80 dB average, 50 dB minimum ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 200 W (70 W AM) ?

Connections

Antenna Hi-Z - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 20/300 Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC or mains 115/230 VAC Separate PSU Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1972 in USA Between 1964 and 19xx Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 420 × 195 × 320 mm
(16.54 × 7.68 × 12.60 in)
? 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000500 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000400 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035