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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  17m (WARC)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 110-174 / 410-500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS ?
IF-freqs. ? 11.2735 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 2 W High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9.5 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 68 mA Max 1 A
TX - 620 mA max Max 11.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 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
? 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C JIM-MX-000018S YAESU-FT-008500