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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Power / SWR-meter

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up -
Tuning steps ? Continuous -

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz) 10-80 m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N -
Selectivity AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter) -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W @ 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m (no WARC) 10-80 m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m) 1 kW

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50-75Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10% External high-voltage power supply None
Current RX 2 / 7 A (heater off/on) ? -
TX 22 A max. ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x Between 1968 and 197x in USA Between 1962 and 1965 in USA
Dimensions 350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
184 × 121 × 108 mm
(7.24 × 4.76 × 4.25 in)
Weight 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 6146B final ? -
Accessories ? ? -
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020 HEATHKIT-HW-000100 HEATHKIT-HM-000015