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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Manpack VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 6m 
Freq. stability Less than 50hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.01-30 MHz 36-76 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz
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 ? ? 50 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 36-76 MHz
Modulations - - N-FM  
RF-output ? ? >1 W

Connections

Antenna Burndept - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12V DC
Current RX ? Max 60 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1980 and 1990 in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? 1600 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? Remote control. ISB option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L RACAL-RA-001792 RACAL-TRA-000967