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HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than ±30Hz after warm up, less than ±200Hz during warm up (60 minutes).
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY: 0.16 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
AM: 13 µV (0.5-1.6 MHz)
AM: 2 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? 70dB
Audio output Internal speaker 2W@10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 12V DC
Current RX ? 2A
TX - 20A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 ICOM-IC-000078