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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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)  2m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 50 Hz after 30 minutes ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous (100 Hz display resolution) ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz option) 0.03-32 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.4 µV 1.8-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? AM 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW 2.7 kHz
FM 12.5 kHz
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.4 Watts at 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) ? 1...15 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 13.5-350 mA
TX ? - 0.82-2.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 1985 and 1993 in Japan Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
334 × 118 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 4.65 × 8.86 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III YAESU-FRG-008800 MINI-SW002016