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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 10-160 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? AM: 1.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.75 µV (20 dB QS)
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.1 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Single (AM/CW/SSB) / Double (FM) conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 200 W (PEP input) SSB: 12 W PEP / CW/FM: 14 W / AM: 2.5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 12V DC 12-14.5 V DC or mains
Current RX 85 W ? 0.6 A
TX - ? 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1976 and 1977 in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
107.95 × 146.05 × 355.6 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.00 in)
280 × 125 × 295 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 11.61 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 11 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Noise Blanker
VOX
Tone burst generator (1500-2000 Hz adjustable)
100 kHz marker generator
Accessories ? ? YC-221 Digital frequency display
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 TEN-TEC-OMNI-D-(000546) YAESU-FT-000221R