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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 108-174 / 220-380 / 406-470 / 830-950 MHz (Europe)
27-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 830-950 MHz (USA)
Modulations - - AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N @ 118-136 & 220-380 MHz)
FM: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD @ VHF)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters. ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 601.3 kHz 1st: 21.4/177 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 30 dB @ 120 MHz11 dB @ 935 MHz
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10/20/40/80 m - -
Modulations CW   - -
RF-output 30 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 200-250V AC / 12V DC 4.8~6V DC (4×AA/R6)
Current RX - 60 W ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1941 in USA Between 194x and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions ? 413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
55 × 145 × 40 mm
(2.17 × 5.71 × 1.57 in)
Weight ? 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs) 620 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 5 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NTX-000030 MARCONI-R001475-RG44 AOR-AR-000900