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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54

General

HAM bands 6m  ? ?
Freq. stability 5 ppm per year ? ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 30-76 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations N-FM   AM   USB   LSB   ISB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 kHz: 4-20 µV (10 dB S/N)
160-1500 kHz: 6-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.5-4 MHz: 1.5-3 µV (10 dB S/N)
4-10 MHz: 2-6 µV (10 dB S/N)
10-31 MHz: 2-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? Wide, Intermediate, Narrow and Very narrow settings.
500 Hz ... 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double / triple conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 11.525 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 30-76 MHz - -
Modulations N-FM   - -
RF-output 4 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC Mains (120/240 V AC) Mains (110-250 V AC)
Current RX ? ? 82 W
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in RACAL BCC Ltd. in England Between 1971 and 19xx Between 1952 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
747 × 385 × 451 mm
(29.41 × 15.16 × 17.76 in)
Weight ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 60.90 kg (134.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Marine / Navy
Features Range: 10 km when used with 1.2 meter standard whip antenna in open country side, and up to 20 km when used with a vehicle antenna. Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CLANSMAN-PRC-000351 DRAKE-DSR-000001 EDDYSTONE-000700