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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±10 ppm 5-60 mins ±2 after 1 hour ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.148-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.09-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FAX   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV 1.6-30 MHz SSB/CW S+N/N=10dB SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) @ 3 kHz BW
Selectivity ? AUX (12 kHz)
WIDE > 4 kHz
INTER > 2 kHz
NARR > 1 kHz in "D"
[FM] > 12 kHz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.45399 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 97 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB (1.6 - 30 MHz) >60 dB
Audio output ? 1 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz)
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle)

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 / 600Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC (6R14/C + 3R6/AA), 12V DC external or mains 13.8V DC or mains 12-14V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 1.5 A
TX - - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 1989 in Portugal Between 1991 and 1998 Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 299.72 × 177.8 × 50.8 mm
(11.80 × 7.00 × 2.00 in)
330 × 130 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 11.02 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
Weight 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs) 9.07 kg (20.0 lbs) 5.30 kg (11.7 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 5 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? 39 IF-DSP filters. Spectrum scope. Auto-ATU option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000400 JRC-NRD-000535 TEN-TEC-JUPITER-(000538)