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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Scanner / receiver
1 kW Solid-State HF amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  6m 
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 118-136 / 138-164 MHz 1.8-54 MHz / 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   All mode  
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 X-TAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.8-54 MHz / 160-6 m
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 1000 W PEP, FM/RTTY: 500W, AM: 275 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Proprietary SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 6 V DC (4 × R6/AA) 100-260 V AC
Current RX 85 W 30-100 mA ?
TX - - 42 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1984 and 198x Between 2018 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
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Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 12.25 kg (27.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 6 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Up-gradable firmware
Color TFT touch screen
Auto band switching
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 20-0104 9005800