The Lowe HF-225 is a solid-state dual conversion superhet receiver covering 30 kHz to 30 MHz. The original HF-225 was first manufactured in 1989 and the Europa version starting in 1993.
The Europa version has slightly narrower IF filters than the standard version and includes a synchronous AM detector.
Table 1. Standard and Europa IF Filter bandwidths
Mode HF-225 HF-225E
SSB/CW 2.2 kHz 2.2 kHz
AM-N 4.0 3.5
AM 7.0 4.5
AM-W 10.0 7.0
The HF-225 is very sensitive and stable, and sounds great driving external speakers or headphones.
The Universal Radio HF-225 page.
The Radiomuseum HF-225 Europa page.
Additional HF-225 images from Google