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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz in four bands 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
20 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
? 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity 4 kHz, shape factor <2 ? 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer
IF-freqs. ? ? 6.14 MHz
Image rejection Better than 35 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet.

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
20 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 360 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 3W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains External PSU 12-14V DC
Current RX ? ? 35-80mA
TX - ? 800mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 197x in Japan Between 1970 and 197x Between 19xx and 20xx
Dimensions 360 × 160 × 220 mm
(14.17 × 6.30 × 8.66 in)
330 × 130 × 260 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 10.24 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise limiter, BFO. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MINIX-MR-000073B SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500CX TEN-TEC-001320