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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  ?
Freq. stability ? Dial calibration at room temperature is within 300 cps if the nearest 100 kc calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial.
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30×1000 kHz bands 0.54-30.5 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? Band 1: < 15 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: < 5 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (115 or 230 V AC, 45~70 Hz)
Current RX ? 85 W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1957 and 1963 in USA
Dimensions 536 × 318 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.52 × 13.86 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 24.90 kg (54.9 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-1 COLLINS-000051J-4