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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range General coverage 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 + N-type
Impedance ? 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 194x Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ?
MPN RME-000070 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B