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HF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-62 MHz in 6 bands 0.538-1.58 / 1.72-34 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 6 / 3 / 1 / 0.3 kHz
Receiver system 11 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance ? 50/600 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains or 24V DC
Current RX ? 105 mA @ 280 V, 1.4 A @ 6.3 V ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1937 and 1938 in USA Between 1955 and 1961 in USA Between 1979 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions ? 469.9 × 226.06 × 279.4 mm
(18.50 × 8.90 × 11.00 in)
480 × 149 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.42 in)
Weight ? 15.60 kg (34.4 lbs) 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000016-SUPER-SKYRIDER HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000100 JRC-NRD-000075