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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ±10 ppm 5-60 mins ±2 after 1 hour ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.09-30 MHz 30-50 / 152-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FAX   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV 1.6-30 MHz SSB/CW S+N/N=10dB ?
Selectivity ? AUX (12 kHz)
WIDE > 4 kHz
INTER > 2 kHz
NARR > 1 kHz in "D"
[FM] > 12 kHz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.45399 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 97 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB (1.6 - 30 MHz) ?
Audio output ? 1 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50Ω 50 / 600Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains 12V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1991 and 1998 Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
330 × 130 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 11.02 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 9.07 kg (20.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 5 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 JRC-NRD-000535 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000002A