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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ±50Hz over 8hrs at constant temp after 2hrs warm up
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.525-1.61 / 3.2-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 1-30 MHz (down to 200 kHz with reduced sensitivity)
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 3µV EMF for 15dB S/N 30% modulation at 400Hz
CW/SSB: 1µV EMF for 15db S/N
Selectivity ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
0.2 / 1 / 3 / 13 kHz
Filters ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep Burndept BNC
Impedance ? 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 9V DC (6LR20 / D) Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1969 and 1972 in Great Britain
Dimensions 381 × 246 × 120 mm
(15.00 × 9.69 × 4.72 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
?
Weight 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 28.00 kg (61.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RF-002800 RACAL-RA-000017L RACAL-RA-000217