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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 10 kHz - 30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   -
Sensitivity For 20dB S/N: 8 µV at 1 MHz, 4.5 µV at 4.3 MHz, 7 µV at 16 MHz, 7 µV at 28 MHz 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ?
Selectivity 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15 kHz, 9 kHz, 3.4 kHz, 1.6 kHz, 400 Hz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 14 valves Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection 120 dB at 1 MHz / 60 dB at 16 MHz / 46 dB at 28 MHz 80 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   -
RF-output ? 150 W (200 W high power option) 4 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 -
Impedance 200Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 100-260 V AC mains or 6 V DC vibrator pack 12-15V DC or mains ?
Current RX 100 VA ? ?
TX - Max 40 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1940 and 1945 in USA Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 20xx
Dimensions 488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
184 × 57 × 220 mm
(7.24 × 2.24 × 8.66 in)
Weight 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Optional S-meter Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RCA-AR000088D SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 COBRA-000029-LTD-CLASSIC