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

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5/100 Hz
1/5/6.25/9/10/12.5/25/50 kHz
12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in four bands 0.01-36 / 48-1750 MHz 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? SSB: < 0.1µV (500khz - 500MHz)
AM: 1µV
FM: < 0.3µV (48-860MHz)
FM: < 0.5µV (860-1250MHz)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? SSB: 2.4 kHz Wide AM: 6 kHz Narrow FM: 12.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 8 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 455 kHz 1st: 45.000 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 MHz
Modulations - - FM   P25  
RF-output ? ? 0.1-5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic SO-239 + N-type BNC
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC) 12V DC Li-Ion battery (11+ hours)
Current RX ? 500mA ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1998 and 200x in UK Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
205 × 65 × 193 mm
(8.07 × 2.56 × 7.60 in)
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Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 475 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 54682 channels in 234 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features BFO
Passive AVC
PC programmable (RS-232)
Remote control
Digital sound recording
Video output
TV sound output
Hamcomm I/F
CTCSS, DCS, DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072 FAIRHAVEN-RD000500VX RACAL-000025