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Professional HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 10-160 m 25-512 MHz (with gaps)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   FM-video  
Sensitivity ? ? FM (20 dB S/N at 3 kHz deviation)
28-54: 0.3μV
137-174: 0.4μV
400-512: 0.5μV

AM (20 dB S/N at 60% modulation)
25-27.995: 1.0μV
108-136.9875: 1.1μV
380-399.9875: 1.2μV

WMF (20 dB S/N at 22.5 kHz deviation)
88-107.900: 0.7μV

TV (20 dB S/N at 45 kHz deviation)
59.7500, 65.7500, 71.7500, 81.7500, 87.7500 (in 6 MHz steps): 0.8μV
179.7500, 185.7500, 191.7500, 197.7500, 203.7500, 209.7500, 215.7500
(in 6 MHz steps): 0.8μV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 265.50-60 MHz
2nd: 10.80 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1100 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12V DC or 3×AA batteries
Current RX Max 60 W ? 280 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1987 in Sweden Between 1967 and 196x in Japan Between 2008 and 20xx
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
? 210 × 75 × 145 mm
(8.27 × 2.95 × 5.71 in)
Weight 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ? 550 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 125 channels/second
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Remote control
FSK demodulation option
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SRT-CR000302A STAR-SR-000200 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000136