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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

Current value
USD 5,586
USD 389 ~ USD 723 (similar rigs)
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HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
9 MHz
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) 85-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 12-14V DC
Current RX ? 850 mA
TX Max 40 A 18.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 TEN-TEC-OMNI-C