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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ± 10 Hz ± 0.5 per 100 (± 0.5 kHz per MHz)
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz ± 10 kHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 0.49-29.999 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD 1 µV
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
> 60db at –1 kHz ?
Filters ? ? 5 xtals
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion, 12 valves
IF-freqs. 720 kHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 4.6 MHz
2nd: 467 kHz
Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.605-29.999 MHz -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   -
RF-output ? 150 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 3.2 - 500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 11.6-15.6 V DC Mains
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 1.5 A max 90 W
TX - 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Italy
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
516 × 254 × 260 mm
(20.31 × 10.00 × 10.24 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 12.45 kg (27.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Marine / Navy Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 SEA-000235 GELOSO-G-000209