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

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 16 MHz 0.1-2600 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   AM   N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 12 / 6 / 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1W ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws -
Impedance ? 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.5V 15 % Mains
Current RX ? Max 0.7 A ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in West Germany Between 2000 and 200x in Japan Between 1969 and 1972 in USA
Dimensions ? 180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
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Weight ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HILBERLING-RX000016 YAESU-VR-005000 ITT-MACKAY-MARINE-003010C