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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Marine Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? Short term: 5 Hz, long term: 25 Hz (o°C - 40°C)
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB   AM   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) MF: ≥ 16 dB / 1 µV
HF: ≥ 10 dB / 1 µV
Selectivity ? ? SSB: 300 Hz @ -6 dB / 2700 Hz @ -60 dB
AM: 2.7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters 0.3 / 1.5 / 2.7 / 6 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.6085 / 16.6085 MHz
2nd: 600 kHz
Image rejection ? >70 dB ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 4 W / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 28-29.7 MHz (25.150-29.7 after modification) -
Modulations - AM   FM   SSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 7 W, FM/SSB: 25 W -

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Proprietary
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 12-16V DC Mains, 12/24 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - 3-5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 199x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark
Dimensions 489 × 190 × 305 mm
(19.25 × 7.48 × 12.01 in)
154 × 52 × 248 mm
(6.06 × 2.05 × 9.76 in)
?
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Repeater offset (Shift) LCD frequency readout
2182 kHz watchkeeping channel
10-digit keypad
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000092M RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000010 SAILOR-R001119