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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 80-6 m, ham bands only 8-1300 MHz 20-500 MHz (1100 MHz with FE option)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 5 selectable IF-bandwidths (optional)
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) 700 mW, 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 12 V DC (4 × AA cells) Mains (110, 120/220, 240 V AC, 47-400 Hz)
Current RX ? 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode 100 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1990 and 19xx Between 1982 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 394 × 220 × 228 mm
(15.51 × 8.66 × 8.98 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
483 × 134 × 457 mm
(19.02 × 5.28 × 17.99 in)
Weight ? ? 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000155 YUPITERU-MVT-007000 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008617B-SERIES