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Desktop Shortwave receiver
High performance Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 30 MHz 0.05-30 MHz 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
? ?
Selectivity 50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz ? ?
Filters ? 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection > 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 198x and 199x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
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Weight ? 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication Military communication
Features ? Audio and RF/IF ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000100 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008888