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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 ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 0.54-20 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW  
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)
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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 ? ? ?
Receiver system 9 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

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 200Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Separate PSU
Current RX ? ? Max 80 W
TX - Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1937 and 19xx
Dimensions 381 × 177.8 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.00 × 10.00 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
455 × 261 × 440 mm
(17.91 × 10.28 × 17.32 in)
Weight 9.53 kg (21.0 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HE-000030-(KT-320) TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) HAMMARLUND-SP-000100X