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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
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Selectivity ? 10 kHz (-50 dB) 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - CW  
RF-output 150 W ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX ? 45 W 55 mA
TX ? - 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 365 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 14.37 in)
381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-TR-000004CW KENWOOD-000009R-59DS YOUKITS-HB-000001A