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Desktop Shortwave receiver
3-Band Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-30 MHz 80 / 40 / 20 m 580-1340 kHz / 1.34-2.90 / 2.90-6.50 / 6.25-13.40 / 13.20-30.50 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 2 µV
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz 5 kHz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker External speaker / headphones 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 80 / 40 / 20 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 180 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/75Ω ? 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains Mains (110 / 220 V AC)
Current RX N/A ? 65 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1969 in Japan Between 196x and 19xx in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa) Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 368 × 178 × 228 mm
(14.49 × 7.01 × 8.98 in)
? ?
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-DX-000150 GALAXY-000300 EDDYSTONE-000556