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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Military Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? 0.1 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
10 kHz - 30 MHz 225-400 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
? ?
Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ? ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 225-400 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output - ? 20 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains Mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
?
Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? 3500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication
Features Quartz clock/timer ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 RACAL-RA-006778Q MILITARY-AN/ARC-000034