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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
High performance Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range - 0.05-30 MHz 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output AM: 250 W, SSB: 250 W, CW: 300 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX - ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1963 in USA Between 198x and 199x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 530 × 290 × 420 mm
(20.87 × 11.42 × 16.54 in)
483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
?
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Military communication
Features XTAL and VFO Audio and RF/IF ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-000500 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008888