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EKD-500
Surveillance receiver · DDR - this page is a stub

EKD-500 is a civil/military monitoring and surveillance receiver, developed around 1986 by VEB RFT Funkwerk Köpenick in East-Berlin (East-Germany, DDR), as the successor to the EKD-300. Together with its anticipated successor EKD-700, it belongs to the last commercial communi­ca­tions receivers manufactured in the DDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the sub­sequent reunification of Germany in 1990, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Specifications
  • Device
    Communications receiver
  • Purpose
    General communications, monitoring, surveillance
  • Type
    Superheterodyne, double/triple conversion
  • Model
    EKD-500
  • Manufacturer
    VEB Funkwerk Köpenick
  • Years
    1986-1990
  • Country
    East-Germany (DDR)
  • Variants
    EKD-511, EKD-512, EKD-514, EKD-515
  • Users
    Stasi (MfS), NVA, Navy, civil services
  • Frequency
    14 kHz — 30 MHz
  • Resolution
    10 Hz — 9999 kHz
  • Waveforms
    see below
  • Bandwidth
    see below
  • Memories
    99
  • Dimensions
    ?
  • Weight
    25 kg
Waveforms
  • AM
  • USB
  • LSB
  • CW
  • FAX
  • ECSS Sync
Bandwidth
  • 150 Hz
  • 400-750 Hz
  • 1.75 kHz
  • 3.1 kHz
  • 6 kHz
  • +3 kHz (USB)
  • -3 kHz (LSB)
Features
  • Remote controllable
  • Scanning
  • Tracking preselection
  • Excellent large signal rejection
  • Good frequency stability
  • Modular design
  • Mechanical IF filters
Further information
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