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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ± 0.2 PPM ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 26.515-27.855 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
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Selectivity 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz 10 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.515-27.855 MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? 15 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) ?
Current RX ? 45 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 198x and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
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Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 120 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
AM/FM/SSB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000630 KENWOOD-000009R-59DS COLT-001200DX