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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz 540-1600 kHz / 3-10 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) 20 mV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 34 built-in filters with various characteristics 8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output 100 W 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC Mains (105-125 V AC)
Current RX ? Max 1 A 40 W
TX ? Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 1961 and 196x in USA
Dimensions ? 130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
292 × 165 × 190 mm
(11.50 × 6.50 × 7.48 in)
Weight 30.00 kg (66.2 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PC-controlled. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-000215C TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) HEATHKIT-EK-000002B