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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 19 tubes, 12DQ6B finals ? VXO. Max 2 XTALS
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 6 m (50 KHz per XTAL)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) 1-20 W 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU (Mains or 12V DC option) 13.8V DC 9.5V DC
Current RX ? ? 68 mA
TX ? Max 6 A Max 600 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1983 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions 381 × 165.1 × 330.2 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 13.00 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000150 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) MIZUHO-MX-000006X