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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile quad-band transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.535-32 MHz (general coverage) 26-33 / 47-54 / 108-180 / 320-512 / 750-950 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? For 20dB S/N: 8µV at 1MHz, 4.5µV at 4.3MHz, 7µV at 16MHz, 7µV at 28MHz ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15kHz, 9kHz, 3.4kHz, 1.6kHz, 400Hz 12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 14 valves Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? 120dB at 1MHz 60dB at 16MHz 46dB at 28MHz ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) 2 W @ 8 Ohm for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 29 / 50 / 144 / 430 MHz bands
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output - ? 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 W (UHF: 40 W)

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 100-260 VAC mains or 6V DC vibrator pack 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 100VA 500 mA
TX - - 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1985 Between 1949 and 1950 in USA Between 2013 and 20xx
Dimensions 304 × 180 × 70 mm
(11.97 × 7.09 × 2.76 in)
488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
140 × 41.5 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.63 × 6.61 in)
Weight 2.15 kg (4.7 lbs) 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 35 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? BFO, Main Tuning Dial, Veneir Tuning Dial, Tuning Lock, Antenna Trimmer, HF/TONE Adjustment, Crystal Phasing, Selectivity , RF GAIN, AF GAIN, Diversity IF GAIN, Noise Limiter, VC. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000300 RCA-SC-000088 TYT-TH-009800