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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations - AM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Tubes, 2 crystals per channel or VFO Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   AM   -
RF-output AM: 540 W, CW: 700 W (input) 5 W (input) ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω ? 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX - ? 90 VA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 560 × 790 × 375 mm
(22.05 × 31.10 × 14.76 in)
340 × 140 × 220 mm
(13.39 × 5.51 × 8.66 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 124.75 kg (275.2 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 4-250A (4-400A/6156) final
VFO
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WRL-/-GLOBE-KING-000500B/C OFUNA-OF-000648 EDDYSTONE-000770R