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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 20 µV
2-30 MHz: 2 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 0.2-2 MHz: 5 µV
2-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? AM Wide: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
AM Narrow: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? >60 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/1000Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1)
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan
Dimensions 568 × 268 × 120 mm
(22.36 × 10.55 × 4.72 in)
300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 21 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout. Clock Built-in cassette recorder 12hr clock and timer
Accessories ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-004000-RECORDER KENWOOD-R-001000