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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Dial calibration at room temperature is within 300 cps if the nearest 100 kc calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial. ? Better than +10 p.p.m. from 0 - 40 °C after 15 min. warm up
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz 10-80 m 25.615-32.990 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity Band 1: < 15 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: < 5 µV gives 10 dB S/N
? SSB: 0.25 µV at 10 dB S + N/N
AM: 1.0 µV at 10 dB S + N/N
FM: 0.3 µV at 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? SSB: 4.2 kHz (-6 dB) / 8.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM / FM: 6.0 kHz (-6 dB) / 18 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 watts minimum at 10% THD with an 8 ohm load

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 25.615-32.990 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output ? 50 W AM: 45 W PEP, SSB/FM: 40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115 or 230 V AC, 45~70 Hz) 12-14V DC 12 - 13.8 V DC, negative ground
Current RX 85 W 500 mA, TX: Max 9 A ?
TX - ? 7 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1963 in USA Between 1976 and 197x in USA Between 2004 and 200x in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
342.9 × 114.3 × 330.2 mm
(13.50 × 4.50 × 13.00 in)
195 × 60 × 290 mm
(7.68 × 2.36 × 11.42 in)
Weight 24.90 kg (54.9 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 320 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-4 TEN-TEC-TRITON-I MAGNUM-S-000009