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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C or better, accuracy ±50Hz @ 25 °C ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 80 dB >70 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output 100 W 0-100 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX Max 20 A 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 62 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
Tube hybrid
VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) YAESU-FT-000102