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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Linear Amplifier
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.538-34 MHz in 4 bands ? 25 MHz - 3 GHz
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
Filters ? ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!)

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + 6 m -
Modulations - All mode   -
RF-output ? 45 W PEP @ 5 W input ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 12 - 16V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - 8.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 150 × 47 × 211 mm
(5.91 × 1.85 × 8.31 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
Weight ? 1.60 kg (3.5 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Input power: 5 W max RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000085 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HL-000045B AOR-SR-002200