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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-3000 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? 2,2kHz / 1,4:1
3,5kHz / 1,38:1
4,5kHz / 1,53:1
7,0kHz / 1,41:1
2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? 2.2, 3.5, 4.5 and 7.0 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Hi-Z -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC 13.8 V DC External high-voltage power supply
Current RX Max 1.5 A ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 2001 in Japan (never in production) Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions ? 253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-SR-001030 LOWE-HF-000225E HEATHKIT-HW-000100