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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 50-52 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? Less then 1 mV for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity ? ±3kHz at 6dB down, less then ±12kHz at 50dB down ?
Filters ? ? 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 5745 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 4 W @ 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-52 MHz -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 10 ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC or mains (160 W max) Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - 14 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 196x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 308 × 130 × 235 mm
(12.13 × 5.12 × 9.25 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
Weight ? 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN STAR-SR-000700A LAFAYETTE-HA-000460 RACAL-RA-006778C