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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 0.535-32 MHz (general coverage)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N For 20dB S/N: 8µV at 1MHz, 4.5µV at 4.3MHz, 7µV at 16MHz, 7µV at 28MHz
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15kHz, 9kHz, 3.4kHz, 1.6kHz, 400Hz
Filters 400 Hz optional ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Single conversion, 14 valves
IF-freqs. 9.00165 MHz 455 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB 120dB at 1MHz 60dB at 16MHz 46dB at 28MHz
Audio output 3 W into 4 Ohms 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone)

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 100 W on all bands ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 200Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 100-260 VAC mains or 6V DC vibrator pack
Current RX 1.8 A 100VA
TX 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 1949 and 1950 in USA
Dimensions 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
Weight 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
BFO, Main Tuning Dial, Veneir Tuning Dial, Tuning Lock, Antenna Trimmer, HF/TONE Adjustment, Crystal Phasing, Selectivity , RF GAIN, AF GAIN, Diversity IF GAIN, Noise Limiter, VC.
Accessories ? ?
MPN SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 RCA-SC-000088