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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 S/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
- -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 260 W (PEP input), CW: 180 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 19xx Between 1991 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 483 × 135 × 470 mm
(19.02 × 5.31 × 18.50 in)
377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
Weight ? 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-000260-CYGNET RACAL-RA-006793A HEATHKIT-SB-000300