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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Monitoring Scope

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 0.1-30 MHz 3.5-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   All mode  
Sensitivity less than 1 µV provides readable signal <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz 60 mV / 1/4" deflection (horizontal and vertical)
Selectivity 2 kHz (-6 dB) 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Direct conversion Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ? >60 dB typical ?
Audio output ? 1 watt 4 Ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m - ?
Modulations CW   - All mode  
RF-output 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W - ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13V DC 13.8 V DC or mains Mains (120-240 V AC)
Current RX 35 mA 1.5 A 25 W
TX 450 mA max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 1974 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
?
Weight 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000007 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 HEATHKIT-SB-000614