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Corsair Model 560

Specifications

Frequency Coverage: 1.8 - 2.3, 3.5 - 4.0, 7.0 - 7.5, 10.0 - 10.5, 14.0 - 14.5, 18.0 - 18.5, 21.0 - 21.5, 24.5 - 25.0, 28.0 - 30.0 MHz transceive. (VFO provides approximately 40 kHz overrun on each band edge.).
VFO Stability: Less than 15 Hz change per F^o averaged over a 40^o change from 70^o to 110^o F after 30 minutes warmup. Less than 10 Hz change from 105 to 125 Vac line voltage when using a TEN-TEC power supply.
Tuning Rate: Vernier, 18 kHz per revolution, typical.
Readout: 6 digit, 0.3" LED numerals.
Accuracy: +/- 100 Hz.
Semi-Conductors: 1 LSI, 20 IC's, 94 transistors, 107 diodes, 6 LED readouts.
PC Boards: 22 PC assemblies with plug-in cables.
Antenna Impedance: 50 ohm, unbalanced.
Construction: Rigid steel chassis. Black/Bronze finished aluminum front and rear panels, textured top and bottom. Snap-up stainless steel bail.
Power Required: 12-14 Vdc, 850 mA receive, 18.5 A max transmit.
Dimensions: HWD 5.25" x 15" x 14" (13 x 38 x 36 cm), bail retracted.
Weight: 14 lbs - 6.4 kg.

Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S+N/N, all bands.0.8 uV typical with RF amplifier off.
Selectivity: 12-pole crystal ladder filtering. 2.4 kHz bandwidth, 1.7 to 1 shape factor at 6/60 dB. Three position switch selects standard ssb filter, optional 1.8 kHz ssb filter, 500 Hz cw filter, or 250 Hz cw filter.
Notch Filter: Greater than 50 dB notch tunable between 200 Hz and 3.5 kHz.
CW Spot: With 750 Hz reference tone.
I-F Frequencies: 9 MHz and 6.3 MHz.
Antenna Input: Low impedance, unbalanced.
Audio Output: 1 watt @ 8 ohms with less than 2% distortion. Built-in speaker.
Spurious Responses: All below equivalent 10 dB S+N/N signal except 1.838 MHz (less than 15 dB S+N/N), 21.300 MHz (less than 20 dB S+N/N)
Attenuator: -20 dB.
Image Rejection: >100 dB.
Noise Blanker: Switchable on/off with width adjustment.
Dynamic Range: 97 dB, measured with standard 2.4 kHz filter at 20 kHz spacing, 100 dB+ with CW filters.
Third Order Intercept: +10 dBm
Noise Floor: -133 dBm @ 2.4 KHz bandwidth.
Squelch Sensitivity: Less than 0.6 uV
Receiver Recovery Time: Less than 30 ms.
Passband Tuning I-F Shift: +/- 2.3 kHz.
Audio Bandpass Filter: 4 pole, variable center frequency 220 Hz to 1.7 kHz, 35% bandwidth @ -6 dB.
Tone Control: Variable 15 dB roll-off @ 5 kHz.
Phase Noise Performance fo the OMNI V: -127 dBc/Hz @ 250 Hz offset from carrier, -146 dBc/Hz @ 5 kHz offset from carrier.

Modes: USB and LSB (J3E), CW (A1A), FSK (F1A), Optional FM.
DC Power Input: 200 watts maximum.
RF Output: ALC stabilized, adjustable from 20 watts to 100 watts (50 Ohm load) with front panel RF OUT control.
Microphone Impedance: 200 Ohms to 50K Ohms. Bias voltage for electret mic is provided in front panel connector.
CW Sidetone: Internally generated with rear panel level and tone adjustments, independent of front panel audio level control.
SSB Generation: 9 MHz, 8 pole crystal ladder filter, balanced modulator.
Carrier Suppression: Greater than 60 dB.
Unwanted Sideband Suppression: Greater than 60 dB at 1.5 kHz AF input.
Harmonic Emissions: Greater than 45 dB below peak power output.
Third Order Intermod Products: -30 dB from two tone at 100 watts PEP.
Metering: Switchable forward power, SWR, collector current or audio processing level on SSB.
CW Offset: 600 Hz
FSK Shift: 170 Hz