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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 10-160 m (144-148 MHz / 50-54 MHz options)
Modulations AM   CW   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
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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 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 85 W ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
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Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 KENWOOD-JR-000599