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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S+S/N
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz @ 6 dB (1.8:1 shape factor)
Filters ? 9MHz crystal
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? External speaker required

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) SSB: 550 W PEP, CW: 360 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains via CS550 Power Supplier / Speaker unit
Current RX ? ?
TX ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 1969 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
152 × 280 × 330 mm
(5.98 × 11.02 × 12.99 in)
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
?
Accessories ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III GALAXY-GT000550