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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  2000m  ? ?
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) ? Standard TCXO: below 30 MHz +/- 20 Hz, above 30 MHz +/- 0.5ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz ? 2MHz - 3.0 GHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   APCO-25   All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
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
? SSB, 10 db S/N: 3 kHz@-117dBm
AM (50% mod), 10 db S/N: 6.0 kHz@-108dBm
FM-N @ 6 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 15 kHz@-107dBm
FM-W @ 10-20 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 30-50 kHz@-102dBm
FM-W @ 75kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 200 kHz@-96dBm
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
? Selection is mode independent. Approx. 50 filter bandwidths with 8-10 chosen appropriately for each of the 5 modes. Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. (6 to 60 dB).

Examples, useful for: CW-100,150,200,250,300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 Hz SSB-1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.4 kHz AM- 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.6, 10.4, 12.0, 13.6, 15.2,16kHz WFM-100,120,140,150,160,180, 200, 250, 300 kHz
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 ? 80 dB typical 2-3000 MHz
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) 250 mW Line + Headphones

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
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 90-264 VAC, 48-440 Hz; optional 11-28V DC power supply
Current RX ? ? 36W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 200x and 200x in China Between 2009 and in USA
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
190 × 89 × 432 mm
(7.48 × 3.50 × 17.01 in)
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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 TEN-TEC-RX-000400