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HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions.
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 144-148 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
Filters ? ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - Burndept
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? Max 1 A ?
TX - 4.5-8 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1966 Between 197x and 198x Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 410 × 250 × 120 mm
(16.14 × 9.84 × 4.72 in)
182 × 74 × 270 mm
(7.17 × 2.91 × 10.63 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) without batteries 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? CTCSS, DTMF and tone burst options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000205-AMATEUR KENWOOD-TR-007400A RACAL-RA-000017L