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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  20m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 20-80 m 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity ? ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 19 tubes, 12DQ6B finals 17 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 20-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) 1-20 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU (Mains or 12V DC option) Separate PSU 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165.1 × 330.2 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 13.00 in)
? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories ? None 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000150 HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000160 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)