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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1/10/100/1000/10000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.531-1320 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM
0.05-15 MHz: ~2.5 µV
15-30 MHz: ~3.5 - 4.5 µV
SSB
About three times better than AM
Selectivity ? ? AM: 6 kHz
SSB: 3.8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Superheterodyne ? Demodulator: AM Quasi Synchronous SSB: Product detector
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 750 mW (10% THD) ? 2 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC 12V DC
Current RX 6 W max ? 300 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 Between 2000 and 200x Between 1997 and 20xx in by R.F.Engineering
Dimensions 300 × 120 × 251 mm
(11.81 × 4.72 × 9.88 in)
60 × 120 × 32 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
180 × 58 × 170 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 6.69 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech descrambler
Clock / alarm / on-off timer
Green/orange LCD backlight
Data cloning
Clarity control for SSB ±800Hz
RS-232 computer interface (HF-3E only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-DX-000100 YUPITERU-MVT-007300 AKD-HF000003