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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2 p.p.m. with optional TCXO-3
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz (general coverage)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W SSB/CW/FM: 100 W, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 1990 and 1994 in Japan
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 238 × 93 × 243 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.57 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 32 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Electronic Keyer
IF Notch
IF Shift
Dual VFOs
Noise Blanker
Break-in CW
Attenuator
Speech Compressor
VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 TEN-TEC-TRITON-IV-DIGITAL-(000544) YAESU-FT-000890