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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Submersible Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability Less than 50hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.005-30 MHz 156.025 - 163.275 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
?
Selectivity 13 khz @-6db
6.5 khz @-6db
3 khz @-6db
1.2 khz @-6db
300 hz @-6db
100 hz @-6db
57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
?
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes Digital signal processing ?
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ?
Audio output ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 156.025 - 163.275 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 12 V DC - 1650 mAh Lithium-ion
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between and
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
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Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? PBT
DSP
Submersible JIS-8 / IPX7
Oversized LCD
Marine and 40 commercial LMR VHF channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L TEN-TEC-RX-000340 STANDARD-HX-000370SAS