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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
Selectivity 4.5 kHz FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double/triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz
Audio output Requires external speaker 2 W internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? -

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50/75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1960 in USA Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan
Dimensions 482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
Weight 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs) 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SP-200 speaker Quartz clock/timer
Accessories ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000160 SONY-CRF-000320