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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.2-30 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-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
? 0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 230/115 VAC 7.4 V DC
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1959 and 1975 in USA Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
375 × 167 × 332 mm
(14.76 × 6.57 × 13.07 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 206 gr (7.3 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000051S-1 WOUXUN-KG-000819