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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner
Amateur Base Station Antenna tuner

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 1.8-30 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   All mode   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.8-30 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations - All mode   All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12-14 V DC 12-14 V DC
Current RX ? 2 A < 500 mA
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 2025 and 20xx in China Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
290 × 78 × 243 mm
(11.42 × 3.07 × 9.57 in)
200 × 40 × 130 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 5.12 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 16000 channels in 1 bank(s) 16000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? ?
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 MAT-TUNER-MAT-001500PROII MAT-TUNER-MAT-000180H