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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  20m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-20 MHz (coils FB A-E)
0.8-34 MHz (coils FB AA-F)
20-160 m (bandspread coils AB 20-160)
26.965-27.255 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External speaker / headphones required Internal speaker 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 3.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX ? 0.2 A ?
TX - 1.0 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1933 and 1934 in USA Between 197x and 198x Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions ? 179 × 56 × 211 mm
(7.05 × 2.20 × 8.31 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight ? 1.85 kg (4.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Marine / Navy
Features ? 5 scanning memories
ANL
PA
SelCall
AFC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-FB-000007 ZODIAC-SEARCHER-000040 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-II