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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Dual band VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Less than 50hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? W-FM: 0.18 µV
FM: 0.22 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 13 khz @-6db
6.5 khz @-6db
3 khz @-6db
1.2 khz @-6db
300 hz @-6db
100 hz @-6db
? 8 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 45 W, UHF: 35 W

Connections

Antenna Burndept SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
? 160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
Weight 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DTMF
CTCSS / DCS
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-000017L HANDIC-000036 BAOJIE-BJ-UV000055