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Professional HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.003 %
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 80-10 m 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   CW   USB   LSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB 20 kHz (-50 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? optional CW filter ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB -40 dB
Audio output ? ? 3.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   AM  
RF-output ? SSB: 500 W PEP, CW: 400 W (both input) 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 11.7-15.9 V DC
Current RX Max 60 W ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 1977 in Sweden Between 196x and 1970 Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
? 170 × 60 × 240 mm
(6.69 × 2.36 × 9.45 in)
Weight 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ? 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Nixie tube display
Noise blanker
Selectable AGC
High sensitivity Schmidt-trigger VOX
Frequency memory
PA
Delta tune (± 750 Hz)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SRT-CR000305 SBE-SB-000036 SBE-FORMULA D TOUCH/COM