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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 10-80m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? 0.5µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne 19 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 500 W (PEP), AM: 150 W (?) 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) Mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions ? 400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
?
Weight ? 22.50 kg (49.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning ? AM
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000670A SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000500 HY-GAIN-002706