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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Ham-Scan panoramic adapter
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands ? None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Not applicable ?

Receiver

RX-range 3.5-27.4 MHz HF 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 50 µV for 1" vertical deflection at full gain 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 350 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - ? ?
Modulations - All mode   All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? 40 W max 22 W max
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 380 × 170 × 350 mm
(14.96 × 6.69 × 13.78 in)
133 × 187 × 280 mm
(5.24 × 7.36 × 11.02 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 3.85 kg (8.5 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000310 HEATHKIT-HO-000013 HEATHKIT-HO-005404