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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 0.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   CW  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
≥ 2 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion + DSP Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
450 kHz
Image rejection ? 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB ?
Audio output ? 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   -
RF-output ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC ±15% Mains
Current RX ? 1.25 A 65 W
TX - 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 Between 2010 and 20xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 568 × 268 × 120 mm
(22.36 × 10.55 × 4.72 in)
216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 21 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout. Clock Built-in cassette recorder IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-004000-RECORDER TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599AT) EDDYSTONE-000504