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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.2-30 MHz 30-54 / 137-174 / 380-512 MHz (less cellular in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
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)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 480 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/1000Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1) 5 × AA or external 12 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan Between 1985 and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
66 × 165 × 35 mm
(2.60 × 6.50 × 1.38 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) 565 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 10 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 12hr clock and timer ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 KENWOOD-R-001000 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000055XLT