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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Dual band VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 Hz, variable speed

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz Unknown 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? MDS = -130 dbm
Selectivity ? ? 500 Hz to 4 kHz adjustable with the SCAF filters
Filters ? ? 15 kHz
Receiver system Double conversion Single conversion below 7 MHz XTAL Double conversion, down-converting design. Side-band elimination using phasing techniques with digitally generated Quadrature carriers and Image Reject Mixers preceded by 15 kHz crystal roofing filters.
IF-freqs. 1st: 1720 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 25 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W, external speaker required ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 69.9-70.5 (4m) / 50-52 (6m) MHz
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 20 Watts CW or PEP SSB

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 115/230V AC ? V DC 11.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - 3.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1963 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 482 × 279 × 406 mm
(18.98 × 10.98 × 15.98 in)
? 203 × 95 × 305 mm
(7.99 × 3.74 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 20 channels in 2 bank(s) 20 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Fully PC-controllable
10.7 MHz IF-signal output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000400 PUMA-000020 NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000006N4