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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz 0.55-1.6 / 1.6-4.8 / 4.8-14.5 / 10.5-30 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 1.5 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 7 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 210 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 4.8-6V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1963 and 1966 Between 2002 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 330 × 200 × 255 mm
(12.99 × 7.87 × 10.04 in)
64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight ? 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 357 gr (12.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Electrical bandspread on 80, 40, 20 ,15 and 10m bands
Slide rule display
AVC-MVC selector
ANL
BFO
Antenna trimmer
Tracks Motorola I, II & IIi and EDACS
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000388/URR LAFAYETTE-HA-000063 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000245XLT