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MF/HF Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  160m  80m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 150 kHz - 28 MHz in 10 bands 15 kHz to 4 MHz in five bands (15-40 kHz / 100-250 kHz / 245-645 kHz / 0.635-1.65 MHz / 1.55-4 MHz)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? CW, Narrow filter (10 dB S/N)
15 kHz: 30 µV
40 kHz: 4 µV
100 kHz: 5 µV
250 kHz: 5 µV
645 kHz: 4 µV
1.65 MHz: 1 µV
4 MHz: 1 µV
Selectivity ? Wide: 8 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-40 dB)
Intermediate: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-40 dB)
Narrow: 1 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-40 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne (Band 1, 2 and 3) Double conversion superheterodyne (Band 4 and 5)
IF-freqs. 1st: 700 kHz
2nd: 85 kHz
1st: 85 kHz / 4.5 MHz
2nd: 85 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output External speaker required Internal speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - -
Impedance ? 75-600Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115/230 V AC) or 110/220 V DC Mains or 24 V DC (with ext. power unit)
Current RX ? 65 W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in (Late sixties) Between 1953 and 1964 in United Kingdom
Dimensions 195 × 126 × 198 mm
(7.68 × 4.96 × 7.80 in)
454 × 286 × 464 mm
(17.87 × 11.26 × 18.27 in)
Weight 35.40 kg (78.1 lbs) 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN MARCONI-ATALANTA-002207C MARCONI-MERCURY