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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 10-80m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) SSB: 2 kW PEP, CW: 1 kW (with 100 W drive)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX Max 40 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
378 × 209 × 398 mm
(14.88 × 8.23 × 15.67 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 HEATHKIT-SB-000221