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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 10-80 m 66-90 / 136-174 / 390-512 MHz (Europe)
30-50 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? VHF Lo: 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
VHF Hi: 0.45 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 15 kHz (-6 dB), 36 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic - Built-in sweep
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Separate PSU 12V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 250 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1971 Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 1979 and 198x
Dimensions 440 × 260 × 130 mm
(17.32 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
140 × 60 × 230 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 9.06 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000210 HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III REGENCY-TOUCH-M000100