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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Beacon Receiver
Handheld 10m Transceiver | DX Handy

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  ? 10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 200-400 kHz 28-29 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 5 µV 0.5 µV (15 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 5 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 142.5 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 28-29 MHz
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 2 W max

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 28 V DC 28V DC (aircraft battery voltage) 8.4-9 V DC
Current RX 3 A max 0.75 A 70 mA
TX - - 620 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA by Detrola Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
100 × 100 × 168 mm
(3.94 × 3.94 × 6.61 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) ? 710 gr (1.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RIT
NB
S/RF-meter
Built-in CW key
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000348 MILITARY-BC-001206 AEA-MX-000010