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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Single Band SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  80m  40m  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 2-32 MHz 26-32 MHz One of the following bands: 80 / 40 / 20 / 17 / 15 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 6-pole crystal filter
Receiver system Single conversion, 29 valves ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3.5mm connector, mono output

Transmitter

TX-range - 26-32 MHz One of the following bands: 80 / 40 / 20 / 17 / 15 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   SSB  
RF-output ? 25 W 2 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? ? 12~13.8 V
Current RX ? ? 30 mA
TX - ? 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions ? ? 153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
Weight ? ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? -
Accessories ? ? -
MPN RCA-SRR-000013A CRT-HERCULE-B-002950F CRKITS-CS-SERIES