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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked) 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands 10-160 m
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
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Selectivity ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + N-type - -
Impedance 50Ω 70/80Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU Mains
Current RX 1.5-2.2 A 80 W ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain Between 195x and 195x in USA
Dimensions 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
? ?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-ALPHA-B EDDYSTONE-000730/6 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000101 MK II