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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-30 MHz depending on coil pack 0.54-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external output transformer of 7,000 ohms impedance and external speaker. 3 W (external speaker required) 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna - - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 40-60Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 105-120V AC Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1934 and 1943 in USA Between 1963 and 1964 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 400 × 225 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.86 × 9.02 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight ? ? 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-SR NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000140 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500