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Desktop VHF Weather radio
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 162.400-162.550 MHz (fixed channels) 25 MHz - 3 GHz 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations FM   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.3µV (12dB SINAD) 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
≥ 2 µV
Selectivity 25kHz N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) 3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) + Built-in telescopic BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC or 6×AA 12 - 16V DC Mains
Current RX 200 mA 500 mA 65 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 152 × 181 × 40 mm
(5.98 × 7.13 × 1.57 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 395 gr (13.9 oz) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 7 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-HAZARD-ALERT AOR-SR-002200 EDDYSTONE-000504