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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 500 cycles drift in first hour, after 15 minutes warm-up, and less than 100 cycles per hour thereafter ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m - 0.54-38.1 MHz in five bands
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Built-in

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W (AM 35 W) ?

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 V AC, 50/60 cycles) Mains (110 V AC)
Current RX ? - ?
TX ? 350 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1965 in USA Between 1965 and 196x in USA Between 1936 and 1937 in USA
Dimensions ? 333 × 149 × 279 mm
(13.11 × 5.87 × 10.98 in)
?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 11 tubes
Accessories ? HA-16 VOX ADAPTOR ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000540 HALLICRAFTERS-HT-000046 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000011