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Portable 32-band Shortwave Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 150-400 / 530-1605 kHz
1.6-30 / 87.5-108 MHz
0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity W-FM: 1.8 µV (30 dB S/N)
SW: 0.7 µV
MW: 32 µV
LW: 57 µV
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Selectivity FM: ≥ 70 dB
AM: 16 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. SW: 45.145 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/LW: 455 kHz
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Image rejection W-FM: 60 dB @ 104 MHz AM: 55 dB @1.605 MHz, 80 dB @ 360 kHz ?
Audio output 2 W internal speaker Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external, 8 x R20 batteries or mains ?
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 1936 and 1945 in USA
Dimensions 452 × 310 × 208 mm
(17.80 × 12.20 × 8.19 in)
460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
Weight 13.15 kg (29.0 lbs) 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Quartz clock/timer BFO
Accessories ? LS-3 external speaker
MPN SONY-CRF-000320 MILITARY-BC-000344