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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? Less than ±30Hz after warm up, less than ±200Hz during warm up (60 minutes).
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1-30 MHz ? 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB, CW, RTTY: 0.16 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
AM: 13 µV (0.5-1.6 MHz)
AM: 2 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 70dB
Audio output ? 250 mW 2W@10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply 12V DC
Current RX Max 50 W ? 2A
TX - - 20A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in Great Britain Between 200x and 200x in China Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-001218 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801 ICOM-IC-000078