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Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Good after approx. 20 minutes warm up and the shack isn't too drafty! ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-30 MHz 0.49-30.4 MHz 25.615-28.305 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? Described as "excellent", but weaker on 10m AM/CW: 0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/FM: 10 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB: 2 kHz (-5 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 1 crystal filter with 6 selectivity positions ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion vacuum tube superhet. with 1 RF amp stage and 2 IF amps, diode detector and BFO using Octal type tubes. ?
IF-freqs. ? 456 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 8" Jensen speaker as standard Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 25.615-28.305 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 25 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains (230/115 V AC) Mains
Current RX ? ~ 90 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1945 in USA Between 1946 and 1949 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx in Taiwan
Dimensions ? ? ?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 240 channels in 6 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? Designed for a electro-dynamic loudspeaker with output transformer in the speaker enclosure. No output transformer on chassis! Roger beep
Dimmer
Echo tone
Variable RF power output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000100XA NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000002-40D RANGER-RCI-002980