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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? better than ±2 ppm
Tuning steps Continuous 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.225-31.2 MHz in 6 bands 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM mono   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB
Selectivity ? SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single / double conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 2455 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 5/20 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna N-type BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC)
Current RX ? 250 mA
TX - 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 1968 in Netherlands Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
Weight ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN PHILIPS-000008-RO-501 RACAL-TRA-000931