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

General

HAM bands ? ? 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 0.55-1.6 / 1.6-4.8 / 4.8-14.5 / 10.5-30 MHz 25-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 1.5 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 0.3 / 1.5 / 2.7 / 6 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? 7 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains 6V DC (4 x LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1963 and 1966 Between 2002 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 489 × 190 × 305 mm
(19.25 × 7.48 × 12.01 in)
330 × 200 × 255 mm
(12.99 × 7.87 × 10.04 in)
64 × 177 × 44 mm
(2.52 × 6.97 × 1.73 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Electrical bandspread on 80, 40, 20 ,15 and 10m bands
Slide rule display
AVC-MVC selector
ANL
BFO
Antenna trimmer
PC-controllable (Serial DB9)
Accessories ? ? AC-E60HG AC adapter
MPN JRC-NRD-000092M LAFAYETTE-HA-000063 SONY-ICF-SC000001-PC