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

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-1.6 / 1.6-4.8 / 4.8-14.5 / 10.5-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz 0.54 - 31 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity 1.5 µV ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 7 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC Clamps / screws
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4LR6 or external 12V DC Mains
Current RX ? Max 200 mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1966 Between 1997 and 19xx Between 1955 and 1960 in USA
Dimensions 330 × 200 × 255 mm
(12.99 × 7.87 × 10.04 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
?
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Electrical bandspread on 80, 40, 20 ,15 and 10m bands
Slide rule display
AVC-MVC selector
ANL
BFO
Antenna trimmer
Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HA-000063 YUPITERU-MVT-003300 TMC-GPR-000090