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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ? ?
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ? ?
Selectivity 2,2kHz / 1,4:1
3,5kHz / 1,38:1
4,5kHz / 1,53:1
7,0kHz / 1,41:1
? ?
Filters 2.2, 3.5, 4.5 and 7.0 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 105-125 V AC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1963 and 1966 in USA Between 196x and 196x
Dimensions 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
342 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.46 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
?
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 6 volt tubes
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000225E NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000121 EUDGERT-000400A3-(GOLD-B)