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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 70cm 
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 29-54 / 87.3-174 / 380-512 MHz (with gaps) 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   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
29-54 MHz 0.5 µV
87.3-107.9 MHz ((S+N)/N 30 dB) 1.0 µV
108-136.99166 MHz 1.0 µV
137-174 MHz 0.5 µV
380-512 MHz 0.7 µV
(S+N)/N 20 dB unless noted
?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz +/-8 kHz -6 dB
+/-17 kHz -50 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 0.7 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 70 cm
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 3.5 / 1.5 / 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 9V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 85 W 8 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 2008 and 20xx Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
210 × 60 × 175 mm
(8.27 × 2.36 × 6.89 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 700 gr (1.5 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? NOAA Wx alert
FM broadcast receive
No Mil-Air and no Trunking
Keyboard
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000405 ICOM-IC-000004SAT