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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
VHF airband receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 118-136 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? XTAL
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) 10-100 W (AM 10-50 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC 9 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1982 and 1985 in Japan
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
425 × 149 × 411 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 16.18 in)
62 × 116 × 29 mm
(2.44 × 4.57 × 1.14 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 3 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CRT VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 ICOM-IC-000780 SIGNAL-COMMUNICATIONS-CORP.-R-000537