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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver
Handheld VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  2000m  2m 
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 0.54-30.5 MHz 0.1-0.4 / 2.5-20 MHz 118-136 / 138-164 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM  
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 ? ? X-TAL
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker Internal speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws Clamps / screws Proprietary
Impedance 50Ω 100Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115 or 230 V AC, 45~70 Hz) Separate PSU 6 V DC (4 × R6/AA)
Current RX 85 W ? 30-100 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1963 in USA Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 1984 and 198x
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? ?
Weight 24.90 kg (54.9 lbs) 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

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 ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-4 HAMMARLUND-SPR-000210-LX 20-0104