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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? less than 100 Hz drift ?
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.01-30 MHz in 500 kHz bands VHF
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? 0.3 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - VHF
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) ? 20 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (115/230 V AC) ?
Current RX ? ? 0.5 A
TX ? - 5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 1972 and 1973 in USA Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
440 × 160 × 360 mm
(17.32 × 6.30 × 14.17 in)
?
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Solid state ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 GALAXY-R-001530 WILSON-WH002516