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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 188 ~ USD 349 (similar rigs)
EUR 89 ~ EUR 311
Rating No reviews yet 3 reviews
HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
Filters ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - Burndept
Impedance ? 75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1961 in USA Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 413 × 241 × 233 mm
(16.26 × 9.49 × 9.17 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
Weight 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000100C RACAL-RA-000017L