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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Military Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps 0.0001 kHz 0.001 kHz 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 14 kHz - 29,99999 MHz 14 kHz - 30 MHz 225-400 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM  
Sensitivity SSB < 0,5 uV 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
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Selectivity 100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1,4 kHz, 3 kHz, 6 kHz,
2,7 / 3,4 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 80 dB ?
Audio output 0.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 225-400 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? ? 20 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - -
Impedance 75Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC Mains 28 V DC
Current RX 50 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in East Germany Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 540 × 395 × 198 mm
(21.26 × 15.55 × 7.80 in)
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Weight 24.00 kg (53.0 lbs) table top version ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? 1750 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication
Features RF-Gain
S-Meter
Sync-Detector
Keypad
RTTY-demodulator
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-EKD-000300 RFT-EKD-000100 MILITARY-AN/ARC-000051