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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Heavy-duty amplifier

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 26.965-27.255 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   AM   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity For 20dB S/N: 8 µV at 1 MHz, 4.5 µV at 4.3 MHz, 7 µV at 16 MHz, 7 µV at 28 MHz ? ?
Selectivity 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15 kHz, 9 kHz, 3.4 kHz, 1.6 kHz, 400 Hz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 14 valves ? ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection 120 dB at 1 MHz / 60 dB at 16 MHz / 46 dB at 28 MHz ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz ?
Modulations - AM   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output ? 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - -
Impedance 200Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 100-260 V AC mains or 6 V DC vibrator pack ? Mains
Current RX 100 VA ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1940 and 1945 in USA Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 195x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
? ?
Weight 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Marine / Navy
Features Optional S-meter ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RCA-AR000088D GEMTRONICS-GTX-002325 TMC-PAL-000500