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Desktop Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz + FM broadcast band 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM < 1 µV
SSB < 0,3 µV
SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity AM
10 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
4,4 (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2,0 (-6 dB), 3,4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 55.845 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 V DC external, 8 x R20 + 2 x R6 batteries or mains Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10%
Current RX ? 2 / 7 A (heater off/on)
TX - 22 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1986 in Japan Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 254 × 102 × 335 mm
(10.00 × 4.02 × 13.19 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
Weight 7.71 kg (17.0 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S/Battery-Meter
Record Jack
Pre-selector
NB
Dial Lamp
Dial Lamp Switch
Carry Handle
Muting
RF Gain
6146B final
Accessories ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000001 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020