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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 20 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz
Selectivity ? 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 6.14 MHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB typical
Audio output 7 Watts max 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 1 watt 4 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 20 m -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 3W -

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Internal batteries or mains 12-14V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? 35-80mA 1.5 A
TX - 800mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1982 Between 19xx and 20xx Between 2001 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 412 × 267 × 120 mm
(16.22 × 10.51 × 4.72 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) without batteries 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Analogue and digital frequency display
S-Meter
SSB / BFO
? DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-001400SL TEN-TEC-001320 TEN-TEC-RX-000350