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Handheld Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in four bands 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 0.5 / 1.2 / 2.5 / 5 kHz
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W External speaker required

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic BNC -
Impedance ? 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 12V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 1965 and 196x in Japan
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
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Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO
Passive AVC
Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008 STAR-SR-000700E