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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Station Control
Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 160-6 m 15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 kHz: 4-20 µV (10 dB S/N)
160-1500 kHz: 6-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.5-4 MHz: 1.5-3 µV (10 dB S/N)
4-10 MHz: 2-6 µV (10 dB S/N)
10-31 MHz: 2-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? Wide, Intermediate, Narrow and Very narrow settings.
500 Hz ... 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m -
Modulations - All mode   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8V DC Mains Mains (110-250 V AC)
Current RX 200 mA ? 82 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1952 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 216 × 95 × 248 mm
(8.50 × 3.74 × 9.76 in)
254 × 171 × 279 mm
(10.00 × 6.73 × 10.98 in)
747 × 385 × 451 mm
(29.41 × 15.16 × 17.76 in)
Weight 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 60.90 kg (134.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Clock
Alarm
Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-RX-000110 HEATHKIT-SB-000630 EDDYSTONE-000700