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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 10 Hz - 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 2609-19355 kHz
(526-2727 kHz optional)
0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
Selectivity ? ? SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 3 W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains External power supply 13.5 V DC
Current RX ? ? 2 A
TX - - 19 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1930 and 1934 in USA Between 1983 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 NATIONAL-COMPANY-SW-000005 YAESU-FT-000757GX