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HF/VHF Surveillance Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Portable Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  40m  15m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 20-80 MHz 0.05-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   CW   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity AM ca. 0,5 μV
FM ca. 1,2 μV
? ?
Selectivity 4 / 10 / 50 kHz @ -6 dB ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 10 MHz / 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires headphones or external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 40 / 15 / 6 m
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 50 W @ 3 W (40/15m) / 6 W (6m) input

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (220 V AC) Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX 16 W ? 10 A max.
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 483 × 90 × 478 mm
(19.02 × 3.54 × 18.82 in)
? 150 × 47 × 184 mm
(5.91 × 1.85 × 7.24 in)
Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) ? 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Military communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Options:
HRC-60 External remote controller
HBK-110F Mobile mount bracket w/cooling fan
Accessories DRO-290 Digital Nixie-tube display ? ?
MPN WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-000521A-1 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008711 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HL-000750