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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver
Station Control

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 10-80 m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? AM: Better than 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? +/- 1.5 kHz (-6 dB), +/-5 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 8 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-6 m
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 230/115 VAC Mains Mains
Current RX ? N/A ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1975 in USA Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 375 × 167 × 332 mm
(14.76 × 6.57 × 13.07 in)
334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
254 × 171 × 279 mm
(10.00 × 6.73 × 10.98 in)
Weight 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Clock
Alarm
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051S-1 YAESU-FR-000050 HEATHKIT-SB-000630