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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Submersible Marine Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 50hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 156.025 - 163.275 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 13 khz @-6db
6.5 khz @-6db
3 khz @-6db
1.2 khz @-6db
300 hz @-6db
100 hz @-6db
? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
? 5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 156.025 - 163.275 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 1 / 5 W 50-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC - 1650 mAh Lithium-ion 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 300-500 mA
TX - ? 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between and Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
? 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ? 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Submersible JIS-8 / IPX7
Oversized LCD
Marine and 40 commercial LMR VHF channels
100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L STANDARD-HX-000370SAS ATLAS-000210