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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-1.6 / 3.5-12 MHz 15, 40 & 80 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? ? <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz
Selectivity ? ? 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB typical
Audio output 10cm internal speaker ? 1 watt 4 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 15, 40 & 80 m -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 2 W -

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? 20 mA 1.5 A
TX - 200 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 190 × 120 × 250 mm
(7.48 × 4.72 × 9.84 in)
260 × 11 × 160 mm
(10.24 × 0.43 × 6.30 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
Weight 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN STAR-SR-000100-FRIEND TEN-TEC-PM-000002 TEN-TEC-RX-000350