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Mobile Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Remote Linear Master Oscillator / VFO

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 100 Hz per hour after warmup
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range - 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 5.0-5.5 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.75 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 52-70Ω 75/400Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU (6 or 12 V DC / 67.5 V DC, 275 V DC / 300~600 V DC) Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells Transceiver unit (11 + 13.6 V DC)
Current RX - ? -
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 1978 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 300 × 178 × 102 mm
(11.81 × 7.01 × 4.02 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
352 × 251 × 181 mm
(13.86 × 9.88 × 7.13 in)
Weight ? ? 2.95 kg (6.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MORROW-MB-000565 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 HEATHKIT-SB-000644A