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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. ±50Hz over 8hrs at constant temp after 2hrs warm up
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 1-30 MHz (down to 200 kHz with reduced sensitivity)
Modulations 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 Burndept BNC
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1969 and 1972 in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
?
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 28.00 kg (61.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

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