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Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 30-50 / 118-136 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz (USA) 0.5-1.6 MHz / 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 / 19 / 16 / 13 m / 76-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
? ?
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 Burndept Built-in telescopic Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC or mains ?V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1983 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
? 180 × 120 × 35 mm
(7.09 × 4.72 × 1.38 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ? 640 gr (1.4 lbs) including batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 50 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L REGENCY-D-000810 SONY-ICF-007600A