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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ±50 Hz over an eight hour period at constant ambient temperature and humidity after 2 hours from switching on. Better than 50 Hz per degree Centigrade at constand humidity after 2 hours from switching on. ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz 0.98-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
CW / SSB: 1 µV for 15 dB S/N
AM / DSB: 30% modulated at 400 Hz: 3 µV for 15 dB S/N
15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
0.5-13 kHz 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 0.2 / 1.2 / 3.0 / 6.5 / 13 kHz ?
Receiver system Digital signal processing ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz
100 kHz
5.52 MHz
Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ? 60 dB
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 50-100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC Proprietary SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts Mains (100-125 / 200-250V) or 21-27V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 10 VA approx. 300-500 mA
TX - - 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 1972 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
406 × 89 × 482.5 mm
(15.98 × 3.50 × 19.00 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
Automatic Gain Control 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 RACAL-RA-001217 ATLAS-000210