Here is a receiver that we will
never see on the general market. This is what Peter Kito of JRC's
New York office had to say on this NRD-371:
" I spoke with the person in charge of Amateur Radio and
SWL in Tokyo . He informed me that the radio you are inquiring
about is actually the NRD-371 . He also said that this is
Japanese Government issue only. Sorry for the bad news.".
Humm, why are the sets markings and display in English if it's
not to be seen outside Japan ?? Anyway, the good news is you and
buy 2 or 3 WJ 8711A's or Ten Tec RX-340's and still have money to
burn.
Dave N9EWO
2 very intresting pictures of the NRD-371's LCD shows it's "Band Monitor" scope.
Additional information from
Takashi Kuroda in Japan (from 1999) :
"The new NRD371 is a prototype and is fully DSP based
implementing 32 bit DSP chips. It controls directly from 455khz
2nd IF unlike the EK895 or NRD545. I do not know much about the
DSP technology but a friend of mine says it is ideal which has
not been available with other receivers. The NRD371 is expected
be launched next summer in Japan mainly targeting maritime and
other professional users. JRC is reportedly supplying a similar
DSP monitoring receiver to the Japanese Defense Forces already
and the NRD371 is developped based on the receiver for defense
use. The price range is about Yen 1,200,000.- to Yen 1,500,000.-
which will be similar to EK895 or Racal 3791. JRC people say the
cosmetics will be modified since they have used the parts which
are already available to assemble this prototype."
RF AMP: approx. 10dB
RF ATT: 0dB / 10dB / 20dB / 30dB
PBS: +/- 2.5khz
Notch Att: >40dB
Notch Bandwidth: +/- 2.5khz
Squelch: all modes
AGC: attack release 10ms - 5s (20ms steps)
IF Digital Filter: 10khz / 6.0khz / 3.2khz / 2.4khz / 1.8khz /
1.0khz / 0.5khz / 0.2khz
Interface: RS232C / GPIB
Band Monitor: Span = 10khz / 50khz / 100khz / 200khz
IF output: 455khz 50ohms (BNC) -10dB
3rd IP+: >+30dB
Dynamic Range: >109dB (BW=0.5khz)
Coverage: 10khz-29.999999khz
Mode: USB / LSB / CW / DSB / FSK / FM / ISB
Stability: >0.3ppm
Step: 1hz
Memory: 1,000 ch (100ch x 10 groups)
Voltage: AC100V 50/60hz
Dimensions: 480 W x 150 H x 460 D m/m
Weight: 12kg