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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF 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 ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.2-30 MHz 30.00-75.95 MHz in 2 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   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 ? External speaker / headphones

Transmitter

TX-range - - 30.00-75.95 MHz in 2 bands
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 1-2.25 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 230/115 VAC 10-15V DC
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1959 and 1975 in USA Between 1962 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
375 × 167 × 332 mm
(14.76 × 6.57 × 13.07 in)
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Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None ? 920 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? Range: 8 km (5 mi) depending on conditions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000051S-1 MILITARY-AN/PRC-000025