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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Headless Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ?
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz 0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
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Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
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Filters ? 5 selectable from 34 built in ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Digital Signal Processing ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 1 Watts at 4 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 / 600Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or internal batteries 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 199x in UK
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
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Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT
DSP
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225 TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) LOWE-HF-000160