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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature ?
Tuning steps ? ? Fixed channels

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 80-10 m 144-171 / 450-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W, external speaker required 2W @ 3.2 ohms Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
-
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W ?

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws SO-239 + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 40-60Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 105-125V AC Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%) 13.8 V DC / Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1965 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1975 and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 400 × 222 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 9.02 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
152 × 57 × 191 mm
(5.98 × 2.24 × 7.52 in)
Weight ? 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
8 crystal controlled channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000190 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500 SBE-SENTINEL-VI