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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps ? XTAL presets Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands 430-440 MHz 545 kHz - 20 MHz with plug-in coils
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM  
Sensitivity AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
? ?
Selectivity 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC Clamps / screws
Impedance 70/80Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX 80 W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1961 in Great Britain Between 1980 and 198x in Japan Between 1931 and 1932 in USA
Dimensions ? ? ?
Weight ? 470 gr (1.0 lbs) batteries included ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000730/4 FDK-MULTI-PALM-IV HAMMARLUND-COMET