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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF 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. ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 150-285 / 520-1605 kHz
1.6-4.5 / 4.5-12 / 87.5-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
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 Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Burndept Clamps / screws + Built-in sweep
Impedance 75Ω ?
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 6V DC or mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
210 × 228 × 86 mm
(8.27 × 8.98 × 3.39 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L SONY-ICF-005800L-/-CAPTAIN-77