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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF Weather radio

General

HAM bands ? 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 ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 162.400 / 162.475 / 162.550 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   FM  
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 Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 260 mW @ 32 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains Mains + 9V backup battery
Current RX ? ? 5 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1966 Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 410 × 250 × 120 mm
(16.14 × 9.84 × 4.72 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
150 × 33 × 125 mm
(5.91 × 1.30 × 4.92 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) without batteries 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 470 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 3 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000205-AMATEUR RACAL-RA-000017L RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-WEATHER-ALERT