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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Mobile Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80m ? 500 kHz - 30.6 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S+S/N ? ?
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ 6 dB (1.8:1 shape factor) ? ?
Filters 9MHz crystal ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External speaker required ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80m 10-80m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB: 550 W PEP, CW: 360 W 600 W output with 100 W drive ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains via CS550 Power Supplier / Speaker unit Mains Batteries
Current RX ? ? 2.5 A
TX ? 8 A @ 240 V AC, 16 A @ 120 V AC -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1949 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 152 × 280 × 330 mm
(5.98 × 11.02 × 12.99 in)
378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 15.85 kg (35.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GALAXY-GT000550 HEATHKIT-SB-000200 EDDYSTONE-000710