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

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.48-30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 13 tubes Single conversion Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? internal speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 105-125 V AC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1969 in Great Britain Between 1963 and 1966 in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 425 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
342 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.46 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000940 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000121 AOR-AR-ALPHA-II