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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup ? ± 0.003%
Tuning steps Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 150-4500 kHz in 4 bands 26-32 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
USB/LSB: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz ? 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double direct conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? -50 dB
Audio output Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 26-32 MHz
Modulations CW   - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 30-40 W ? SSB: 25 W, AM: 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 35-75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 12-32 V DC, 6×1.5 volt battery Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 197x and 197x in Denmark Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
350 × 230 × 190 mm
(13.78 × 9.06 × 7.48 in)
?
Weight 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 240 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Full QSK Direction Finding facility LCD display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570) SAILOR-R000108 GALAXY-DX-002527