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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity For 20dB S/N: 8 µV at 1 MHz, 4.5 µV at 4.3 MHz, 7 µV at 16 MHz, 7 µV at 28 MHz AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
Selectivity 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15 kHz, 9 kHz, 3.4 kHz, 1.6 kHz, 400 Hz SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 14 valves ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ?
Image rejection 120 dB at 1 MHz / 60 dB at 16 MHz / 46 dB at 28 MHz 65dB
Audio output 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) 0.2W (8 ohm load)

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance 200Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 100-260 V AC mains or 6 V DC vibrator pack ?
Current RX 100 VA ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1940 and 1945 in USA Between 199x and 200x
Dimensions 488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
?
Weight 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional S-meter RS-232 computer interface
Accessories ? ?
MPN RCA-AR000088D WINRADIO-WR-001500E