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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 0.54-40 MHz 20 / 40 / 80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
455 kHz 5200 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) 1.5 W, external speaker required 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 20 / 40 / 80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-120V AC 105-130V AC 117/230V AC, 12V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1964 in USA Between 1957 and 1960 in USA Between 1962 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 400 × 225 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.86 × 9.02 in)
425 × 255 × 275 mm
(16.73 × 10.04 × 10.83 in)
340 × 160 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000140 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000188 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000003