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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz ?
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system ? Double direct conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 160-10m
Modulations - CW   All mode  
RF-output ? 30-40 W 500 W PEP

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 35-75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC or mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full QSK Built-in dummy load
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570) YAESU-FC-000902