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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 15-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter installed
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB) with optional AM filter installed
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB ? 15-160 m: better than 60 dB 10-12 m: better than 50 dB
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 15-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) 2.5 W SSB/CW: 100 W, AM/FM/FSK: 80 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A ? 1.1 A with heater off, 5 A with heater on
TX Max 16 A ? Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 1976 and 1983 in USA Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
? 342 × 154 × 324 mm
(13.46 × 6.06 × 12.76 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) ? 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 HEATHKIT-HW-000008 YAESU-FT-000902DM