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Desktop ULF/VLF Receiver
Communications receiver

General

HAM bands 2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 15-500 / 500-1500 kHz (2 ranges, 7 bands) 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity 6 µV 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ?
Filters 0.1 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion cuperheterodyne, including circuit arragement for cancelling drift of crystal oscillator (34 tubes) Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 500 mW unbalanced, 10 mW balanced 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Proprietary BNC
Impedance 125Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115/230 V AC) 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX 250 W with oven on, 150 W when oven off 750 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1951 and 19xx in USA Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 37.20 kg (82.1 lbs) including power supply PP-621/URR 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Operating altitude up to 10,000 feet Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000389/URR AOR-AR-DV000001