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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.15-0.4 / 0.53-1.6 / SW / 88-108 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations All mode   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50 Ω 75/300Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains, batteries or 12 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 8.5 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1988 in Great Britain Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 1985 and 198x
Dimensions 480 × 135 × 470 mm
(18.90 × 5.31 × 18.50 in)
340 × 275 × 144 mm
(13.39 × 10.83 × 5.67 in)
?
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-006790/GM SONY-CRF-000150 TEN-TEC-CORSAIR-II