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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
?
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Digital signal processing Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ?
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) 250 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 200x and 200x in China
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801