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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop ULF/VLF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 10 / 100 Hz / 1 kHz 9 / 10 / 100 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 522-1620 kHz / 1.7-30 / 87-108 MHz 15-500 / 500-1500 kHz (2 ranges, 7 bands)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   CW   FSK  
Sensitivity ? 3 µV 6 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 6 / 3 / 1 / 0.3 kHz ? 0.1 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion cuperheterodyne, including circuit arragement for cancelling drift of crystal oscillator (34 tubes)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W 500 mW unbalanced, 10 mW balanced

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - Built-in telescopic Proprietary
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 125Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 24V DC 4.5V DC (3 × R6 batteries) Mains (115/230 V AC)
Current RX ? ? 250 W with oven on, 150 W when oven off
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx Between 1951 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.42 in)
142 × 86 × 28 mm
(5.59 × 3.39 × 1.10 in)
483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 453 gr (16.0 oz) 37.20 kg (82.1 lbs) including power supply PP-621/URR
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 600 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Operating altitude up to 10,000 feet
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000075 TECSUN-PL-000450 COLLINS-R-000389/URR