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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30×1000 kHz bands 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 100-950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 43.1 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Requires external speaker 200 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 5/5 W, Low 3: 3.5 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 1: 0.5, El: 15 mW

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 5-16V DC
Current RX ? ? 15-150 mA
TX - - Max 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 318 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.52 × 13.86 in)
375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
57 × 125 × 35 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.38 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 390 gr (13.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 64 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-1 COLLINS-000075S-3C ICOM-IC-W000021E