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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  ?
Freq. stability ±50Hz over 8hrs at constant temp after 2hrs warm up ? less than 100 Hz drift
Tuning steps ? ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1-30 MHz (down to 200 kHz with reduced sensitivity) 6m 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM: 3µV EMF for 15dB S/N 30% modulation at 400Hz
CW/SSB: 1µV EMF for 15db S/N
? ?
Selectivity 0.2 / 1 / 3 / 13 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 6m -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 2.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC Mains (115/230 V AC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1972 in Great Britain Between 196x and 19xx Between 1968 and 1972 in USA
Dimensions ? ? 432 × 152 × 432 mm
(17.01 × 5.98 × 17.01 in)
Weight 28.00 kg (61.8 lbs) ? 11.40 kg (25.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Solid state
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000217 LAFAYETTE-HA-000650 GALAXY-R-000530