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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 1.5-12 MHz 8-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-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
? FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne 7 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 700 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 12V DC 12 V DC (4 × AA cells)
Current RX 85 W ? 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
342.9 × 254 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 13.61 kg (30.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000051-Q YUPITERU-MVT-007000