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Mobile Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range - 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.75 W 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 52-70Ω 75/400Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU (6 or 12 V DC / 67.5 V DC, 275 V DC / 300~600 V DC) Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX - ? 90 VA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 300 × 178 × 102 mm
(11.81 × 7.01 × 4.02 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight ? ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MORROW-MB-000565 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 EDDYSTONE-000770R