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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   FAX  
Sensitivity 1 µV (10 dB S/N) 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)
?
Selectivity 4 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB) without Q-multiplier
1.6 kHz (-6 dB) with Q-multiplier
35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ±150 / ±1500 / ±3500 Hz
Receiver system 9 tubes ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70.2 MHz (?)
2nd: 200 kHz (?)
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output ? 1-20 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50/400 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains (127 or 220V AC) or 24V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 198x and 199x in East Germany
Dimensions 381 × 177.8 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.00 × 10.00 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
540 × 133 × mm
(21.26 × 5.24 × 0.00 in)
Weight 9.53 kg (21.0 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HE-000030-(KT-320) TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) RFT-EKD-000700