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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF Surveillance Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver | Touch screen | 20W

General

HAM bands ? 15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.535-32 MHz (general coverage) 20-80 MHz 144 / 430 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity For 20dB S/N: 8µV at 1MHz, 4.5µV at 4.3MHz, 7µV at 16MHz, 7µV at 28MHz AM ca. 0,5 μV
FM ca. 1,2 μV
?
Selectivity 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15kHz, 9kHz, 3.4kHz, 1.6kHz, 400Hz 4 / 10 / 50 kHz @ -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 14 valves Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 10 MHz / 455 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) Requires headphones or external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144 / 430 MHz
Modulations - - FM   D-STAR  
RF-output ? ? 20 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 200Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 100-260 VAC mains or 6V DC vibrator pack Mains (220 V AC) 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX 100VA 16 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1950 in USA Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 2014 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
483 × 90 × 478 mm
(19.02 × 3.54 × 18.82 in)
?
Weight 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication 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. ? Dual-band, dual receive
Touch screen
Android support
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? DRO-290 Digital Nixie-tube display ?
MPN RCA-SC-000088 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-000521A-1 ICOM-IC-005100