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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. ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.015-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV
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 1 / 3 / 8 kHz
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ?
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Burndept -
Impedance 75Ω 50-75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (100-125 VAC or 200-250 VAC)
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
483 × 178 × 413 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.26 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Military communication Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L RACAL-RA-001772