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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output internal speaker ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125 V AC ? Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? ? 90 VA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1966 in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 342 × 195 × 229 mm
(13.46 × 7.68 × 9.02 in)
? 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000121 HANDIC-000062 EDDYSTONE-000770R