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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±3.5 kHz from -40 to +60°C
Tuning steps ? Continuous 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 80-10 m 26.000-69.950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
± 50 kHz @ 80 dB
Filters ? ? > 30 kHz (-6 dB)
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 50 mW into 600 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 1 / 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) Proprietary BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-16 V DC 24V DC (21-29V DC, 32V max)
Current RX ? 2 A 60 mA (24V)
TX - 3-20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 196x and 198x in Germany
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
222 × 268 × 330 mm
(8.74 × 10.55 × 12.99 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None 880 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C HEATHKIT-HW-000104 MILITARY-EM-000025