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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  20m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 1.5-20 MHz (coils FB A-E)
0.8-34 MHz (coils FB AA-F)
20-160 m (bandspread coils AB 20-160)
29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? External speaker / headphones required 250 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Hi-Z - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6 internal Mains 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and xxxx in Great Britain Between 1933 and 1934 in USA Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
? 65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight ? ? 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150M NATIONAL-COMPANY-FB-000007 WHISTLER-WS001040