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Desktop Shortwave receiver
DESKTOP/MOBILE SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps Continuous 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
?
Selectivity 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) ?
Filters 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 450 kHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 1 W 1.8 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC
Impedance 70/80Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU 12-16 V DC
Current RX 80 W ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
Weight 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Trunking: Motorola, LTR, EDACS
Spectrum sweeper
CTCSS/PL + DCS
Weather channels
Object oriented memory
1800 programmable objects
EEPROM storage
PC-programmable
Accessories ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000730/8 WHISTLER-WS001065