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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Handheld DSP Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 500 kHz - 30.6 MHz in 5 bands 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 μV
Selectivity ? ? FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Single / double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz 1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W 450 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output AM: 250 W, SSB: 250 W, CW: 300 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 70Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Batteries 3.7 v Li-ion battery
Current RX - 2.5 A ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1963 in USA Between 1949 and 195x in Great Britain Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 530 × 290 × 420 mm
(20.87 × 11.42 × 16.54 in)
? 192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) ? 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? 650 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features XTAL and VFO Automatic volume control ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-000500 EDDYSTONE-000710 TECSUN-PL-000880