The Japan Radio Company NRD-505 was JRCs first non-commercial shortwave receiver geared towards the radio amateur and serious shortwave listener. The NRD-505 tunes 100 kHz to 30 MHz in thirty 1 MHz bands, selected by a large MHz knob. Modes of reception include: RTTY, AM. LSB, USB and CW. This dual conversion superheterodyne circuit provides 0.5 µV 1.6-30 MHz SSB/CW S+N/N=10dB. Digital and analog frequency display is featured. The NRD-505 has an analog S-Meter, RIT, Noise Blanker and attenuator. Supplied filters for AM Wide (4.0 kHz), AM Narrow/SSB/RTTY (2.0 kHz) and optional CW (0.5 kHz). This receiver has modular construction. The rear panel has an SO-239 antenna input jack. There are RCA jacks for Line, Speaker and IF output. There is also a connection for the the matching NSD-505 transmitter. This radio does not have an internal speaker.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
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- Frequency stability
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- Tuning steps
- ?
- Memories
- ?
Receiver
- RX-range
- 0.1-30 MHz
- Modulations
- AM CW SSB RTTY
- Sensitivity
- SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
- Selectivity
- 6 > 6 kHz
2.2 > 2.4 kHz
0.5 > optional - Filters
- ?
- Receiver system
- Double conversion superheterodyne
- IF-frequencies
- 1st: 70.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz - Image rejection
- 1.6-30 MHz: >70 dB
- Audio output
- 1 W @ 4 ohms
Connections
- Antenna
- -
- Impedance
- 50 / 75 Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains, 110/115/220/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz
- Current drain RX
- ?
- TX
- -
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 340 × 140 × 300 mm (13.39 × 5.51 × 11.81 in)
- Weight
- 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1977 and 1979
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- RIT, NB
- Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 3295
- MPN
- JRC-NRD-000505
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