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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-43 MHz in four bands 80-10 m 2182 kHz, single channel
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB Better than 1 µV
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB) 20 kHz (-40 dB), 40 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 8 tubes Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W @ 3.2 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
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Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W ?

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance ? 40-60Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%) 24 V DC +/- 10% or mains
Current RX ? ? 100-350 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark
Dimensions ? 197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
230 × 150 × 162 mm
(9.06 × 5.91 × 6.38 in)
Weight ? 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000040B NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500 SAILOR-R000501