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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Handheld DSP Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 26.965‐27.405 MHz 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 μV
Selectivity ? ? FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? Single / double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ? 450 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965‐27.405 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   -
RF-output ? 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 12.6 V DC +/- 10% 3.7 v Li-ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 201x and 201x Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
110 × 45 × 140 mm
(4.33 × 1.77 × 5.51 in)
192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 665 gr (1.5 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 650 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? ?
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 MIDLAND-M-ZERO-PLUS TECSUN-PL-000880