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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  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)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10-80 m 0.03-32 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 10-80 m 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 100 W SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) 1...15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 19xx Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine
Dimensions ? 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
Weight ? 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-T-000004X HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III MINI-SW002016