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

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 6 > 6 kHz
2.2 > 2.4 kHz
0.5 > optional
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 1.6-30 MHz: >70 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 / 75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains, 110/115/220/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1971 Between 1977 and 1979 Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 440 × 260 × 130 mm
(17.32 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
340 × 140 × 300 mm
(13.39 × 5.51 × 11.81 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RIT, NB Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000210 JRC-NRD-000505 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B