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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.01% or less
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 0.54-40 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? Better than 1-2 µV (10dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? 6 positions
Filters ? ? 200Hz / 5.2kHz
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? 1.5 watts at less than 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) 10-100 W (AM 10-50 W) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/300Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1957 and 1960 in USA
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
425 × 149 × 411 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 16.18 in)
412 × 254 × 276 mm
(16.22 × 10.00 × 10.87 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CRT ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 ICOM-IC-000780 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000109