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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver
VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  2000m  None 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.1-0.4 / 2.5-20 MHz VHF Marine Channels
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   FM  
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
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W Internal speaker Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF Marine Channels
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 100Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Separate PSU ?
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 2022 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? ?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? IP68 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 HAMMARLUND-SPR-000210-LX ICOM-IC-M000510