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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz. ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz Fixed x-tal channels ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 33-47 / 152-164 / 450-470 / 470-508 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) VHF: 0.6 µV for 20 dB quieting
UHF: 1.0 µV for 20 dB quieting
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Selectivity 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 Watts at 8 Ohms 100 mW Requires external speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 6 V DC (4×AAA) Mains
Current RX 36W ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx in Japan Between 1979 and 198x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
70 × 158 × 25 mm
(2.76 × 6.22 × 0.98 in)
374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000302A UNIDEN-BEARCAT-FOUR-SIX-TS COLLINS-000075S-1