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

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-30 MHz in 9 bands 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz (USA) 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz: 1 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
380-512 MHz: 0.7 µV
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Selectivity ? +/-10 kHz (-6 dB), +/-18 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 200 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 50/300 Ω 50Ω 20/300 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU 6V DC or 4LR6 Separate PSU
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1945 and 1946 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1968 and 19xx
Dimensions 438 × 228 × 305 mm
(17.24 × 8.98 × 12.01 in)
62 × 145 × 34 mm
(2.44 × 5.71 × 1.34 in)
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Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) including 9 coil drawers 224 gr (7.9 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000005TA1 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000079 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350C