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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 10-80 m 40 m (7.0-7.3 MHz)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 40 m (7.0-7.3 MHz)
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) ~30 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/120 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-120V AC Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1964 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 400 × 225 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.86 × 9.02 in)
? 220 × 80 × 230 mm
(8.66 × 3.15 × 9.06 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000140 SOMMERKAMP-FTDX-000560 SWAN-(CUBIC)-MB-000040A