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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver
HF/50 MHz ALL BAND 1 kW Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.01-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - All mode  
RF-output 100 W ? 1 kW @ 200 V AC, 500 W @ 100 V AC

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance ? 60 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 198x and 198x (late eighties) in Germany Between 2019 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? 448 × 153 × 470 mm
(17.64 × 6.02 × 18.50 in)
425 × 149 × 435 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 17.13 in)
Weight ? 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in auto tuner
Detachable front panel
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN K.W.-ELECTRONICS-VESPA-MARK-II SIEMENS-CHR000531 ICOM-IC-PW000002