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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output ? 1-20 W 4 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/600Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ?
Current RX 30 W @ 110 VAC ? ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1963 Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 343 × 149 × 222 mm
(13.50 × 5.87 × 8.74 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
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Weight 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. AM
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000120 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) HY-GAIN-002706