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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Transmitter Exciter
Mobile Amateur Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz - 0.03-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-32 MHz 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 1...15 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX 120W - 13.5-350 mA
TX - ? 0.82-2.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 330 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 12.99 in)
480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
Weight 17.25 kg (38.1 lbs) 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000180A TMC-SBE-000003 MINI-SW002016