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

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 0.55-35.5 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - - BNC
Impedance ? ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX ? ? 120 mA typical
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1961 Between 1955 and 1957 in USA Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 413 × 241 × 233 mm
(16.26 × 9.49 × 9.17 in)
457 × 454 × 394 mm
(17.99 × 17.87 × 15.51 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) 29.40 kg (64.9 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000100AC HAMMARLUND-PRO-000310 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018