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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.1 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 15 kHz - 30 MHz (?) 10 kHz - 30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/600Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX 60 W ? 30 W @ 110 VAC
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1988 in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1967 and 1969
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
343 × 149 × 222 mm
(13.50 × 5.87 × 8.74 in)
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) ? 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-006772 RACAL-RA-006778C HALLICRAFTERS-S-000120A