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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Beacon 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 ? ? ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 200-400 kHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? 5 µV 0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
Selectivity ? ? 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz
Receiver system Tubes Single conversion, 5 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 142.5 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 28V DC (aircraft battery voltage) Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC)
Current RX ? 0.75 A 60-90 VA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 194x and 194x in USA by Detrola Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.78 in)
100 × 100 × 168 mm
(3.94 × 3.94 × 6.61 in)
483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
Weight 18.15 kg (40.0 lbs) ? 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000505 MILITARY-BC-001206 RACAL-RA-001778