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Desktop Shortwave receiver
WWII Single-Frequency Beacon Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 / 1 / 5(9) / 10 kHz kHz Fixed 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 75 MHz 500-1720 kHz / 25-174 / 406 - 512 / 806-960 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 7.2 / 6 / 5.7 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Optional 900 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 24 and 250 V DC Mains / 12 V DC / batteries
Current RX 450 mA max ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 1998 Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 232 × 89 × 198 mm
(9.13 × 3.50 × 7.80 in)
? 209 × 148 × 81 mm
(8.23 × 5.83 × 3.19 in)
Weight 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs) ? 700 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 160 channels in 16 bank(s) None 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ¼" Head. Jack, S-Meter, VRIT Tuning, Dial Lamp, Keypad, NB, Fine Tuning, Clock, 5-Event Timer, Scan, Sweep, Standby, Lock, Record Jack, Sleep Timer, Four Tuning Steps. ? Channel Memory Scanning
Memory availability
Direct Channel Access
Channel Lockout
Frequency Lockout
Alarm Clock with snooze
AM/FM
Priority channel
Duplicate Channel Alert
Limit Frequency Searching
Aircraft Band Search
Turbo Scan Speed (150 chn/sec)
Clock Display
LCD Backlight
Key Touch Tone
EEprom Memory Backup
Battery Alert
Auto Power Off
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-DX-000394 MILITARY-BC-000341F UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000360CLT