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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps ? 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.148-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne Tubes
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
9 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W / 240 W (PEP input)

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC (4R20/D), 12V DC external or mains 10-15V DC ?V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Portugal Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 19xx and 197x
Dimensions 502.92 × 241.3 × 203.2 mm
(19.80 × 9.50 × 8.00 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
335 × 140 × 280 mm
(13.19 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
Weight 8.62 kg (19.0 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 17.50 kg (38.6 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 42 channels in 1 bank(s) 255 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock RS-232 ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000500 LOWE-HF-000250E SOMMERKAMP-FT-000250