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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-31.5 (1.610-1.725 gap) 10-80 m 10-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz BW)
SSB/CW: 0.16 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? >90 dB!
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-160 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) 0-100 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12-15V DC
Current RX ? ? 2 A max
TX - ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1969 Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 1997 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 479 × 203 × 248 mm
(18.86 × 7.99 × 9.76 in)
400 × 159 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.78 in)
375 × 146 × 432 mm
(14.76 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
Weight 11.30 kg (24.9 lbs) 18.15 kg (40.0 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ¼" Headphone Jack
S-Meter
Bandspread
Product Detector SSB/CW
RF Gain
ANL
BF0
Antenna Trimmer
Mute Terminals
Crystal Phasing
Dial Lamp
Speaker Terminals
? RS-232C. DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000130 SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000505 TEN-TEC-OMNI-VI-PLUS-(000564)