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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 3.5-4 MHz 20-1000 MHz (down to 10 kHz with optional module)
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
? ?
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 3.5-4 MHz -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 20 W (PEP), CW: 20 W ?

Connections

Antenna Burndept SO-239 BNC
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 20-32 V DC or Mains (100V-240V)
Current RX ? Max 700 mA 90 W
TX - Max 5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1987 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
483 × 133 × 520 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 20.47 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L TOKYO-HY-POWER-HT-000180 RACAL-RA-003721