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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 30-54 / 137-174 / 380-512 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   FM  
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 1 µV
Selectivity ? 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15 kHz, 9 kHz, 3.4 kHz, 1.6 kHz, 400 Hz 10 kHz (-6 dB)
20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 14 valves Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 120 dB at 1 MHz / 60 dB at 16 MHz / 46 dB at 28 MHz 70 dB
Audio output ? 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 100-260 V AC mains or 6 V DC vibrator pack Mains
Current RX Max 100 W 100 VA 8 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 1940 and 1945 in USA Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 483 × 222 × 400 mm
(19.02 × 8.74 × 15.75 in)
488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
210 × 52 × 175 mm
(8.27 × 2.05 × 6.89 in)
Weight 40.00 kg (88.3 lbs) 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 20 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Optional S-meter ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000880/2 RCA-AR000088D RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000508