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Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 148-174 / 450-470 MHz 29-54 / 87.3-174 / 380-512 MHz (with gaps) 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 29-54 MHz 0.5 µV
87.3-107.9 MHz ((S+N)/N 30 dB) 1.0 µV
108-136.99166 MHz 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz 0.5 µV
380-512 MHz 0.7 µV
(S+N)/N 20 dB unless noted
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Selectivity ? +/-8 kHz -6 dB
+/-17 kHz -50 dB
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Filters ? ? 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz
Receiver system XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 0.7 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 12V DC 9V DC Mains
Current RX ? 8 W ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in Japan Between 2008 and 20xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 273 × 83 × 244 mm
(10.75 × 3.27 × 9.61 in)
210 × 60 × 175 mm
(8.27 × 2.36 × 6.89 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
Weight 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs) 700 gr (1.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 12 channels/second 200 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? NOAA Wx alert
FM broadcast receive
No Mil-Air and no Trunking
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000088 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000405 RACAL-RA-006778C