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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-30 MHz in 9 bands 0.15-30 MHz 15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity < 3 µV (15 dB S/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) ? 15-160 kHz: 4-20 µV (10 dB S/N)
160-1500 kHz: 6-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.5-4 MHz: 1.5-3 µV (10 dB S/N)
4-10 MHz: 2-6 µV (10 dB S/N)
10-31 MHz: 2-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity Continuously variable between 1.3-6 kHz (-6 dB) ? Wide, Intermediate, Narrow and Very narrow settings.
500 Hz ... 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion below 1.5 MHz / Double conversion above 1.5 MHz Quadruple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 1.25-1.45 MHz
2nd: 100 kHz
1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
?
Image rejection 0.3-1.5 MHz: >50 dB / 1.5-10 MHz: >70 dB / 10-30 MHz: >50 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains (110-250 V AC)
Current RX 85 VA max ? 82 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1973 in Great Britain Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 1952 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
? 747 × 385 × 451 mm
(29.41 × 15.16 × 17.76 in)
Weight 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) ? 60.90 kg (134.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Auto-AT option Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000830/7 KENWOOD-TS-000930S EDDYSTONE-000700