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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop ULF/VLF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  2000m 
Freq. stability ± 0.2 PPM ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 430-440 MHz 15-500 / 500-1500 kHz (2 ranges, 7 bands)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   FAX   FM   AM   CW   FSK  
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.6-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) ? 6 µV
Selectivity 6.0 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.3 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? 0.1 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 kHz
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion cuperheterodyne, including circuit arragement for cancelling drift of crystal oscillator (34 tubes)
IF-freqs. 1st 70.455 MHz
2nd 455 kHz
3rd 17 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W ? 500 mW unbalanced, 10 mW balanced

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 35 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type Proprietary
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 125Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 11-16V DC Mains (115/230 V AC)
Current RX ? Max 700 mA 250 W with oven on, 150 W when oven off
TX - Max 9.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1951 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 294 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.57 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 37.20 kg (82.1 lbs) including power supply PP-621/URR
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 300 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Operating altitude up to 10,000 feet
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000630 KENWOOD-TM-000431E COLLINS-R-000389/URR