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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - ?
Modulations - All mode  
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains
Current RX ? 22 W max
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ?
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 HEATHKIT-HO-005404