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HF/VHF 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  ? 6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.49-30 MHz 30-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 30-57 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz: 2.0 µV
137-512 MHz: 1.0 µV
806-906 MHz-: 2.0 µV
Selectivity ? ? 10 kHz @ -6 dB / 20 kHz @ -50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Doulbe conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1.2 W nominal

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - BNC + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50/75Ω 500 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) Mains (230/115 V AC) 12 V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1946 and 1949 in USA Between 1992 and 199x in USA
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
? 180 × 250 × 60 mm
(7.09 × 9.84 × 2.36 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) ? 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) without antenna
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000002-40D 20-402