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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55 - 1.6 / 1.6 - 4.8 / 4.8 - 14.5 / 10.5 - 30 MHz 30-50 / 152-174 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity Band A, B & C: <6 dB (10 dB S/N)
Band D: <18 dB (13 MHz), <10 dB (28 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity 10 kHz (-50 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne XTAL and VFO Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.7 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 45 W ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1969 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1994 and 199x
Dimensions 381 × 178 × 254 mm
(15.00 × 7.01 × 10.00 in)
? 265 × 84 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.31 × 7.40 in)
Weight 8.53 kg (18.8 lbs) ? 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread on ham bands
ANL
AVC
Tubes
Seperate Tuning Knobs for VHF-HI & VHF-LO Auto-store
Auto-sort
Rotary control
Tape control
Weather alert
Channel count
Optional CTCSS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-000009R-59DS RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000002B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000890XLT