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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.25-30 MHz 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 20 m (50 KHz per XTAL)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? VXO. Max 2 XTALS
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Requires external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 20 m (50 KHz per XTAL)
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 9.5V DC
Current RX ? ? 68 mA
TX - - Max 600 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions ? 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight ? 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None
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
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000651S-1 COLLINS-000075S-3C JIM-MX-000014S