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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 10 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 144-148 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   N-AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.4 µV (20 dB N/Q) Mode 0.1-0.5 MHz 0.5-2.0 MHz 2.0-30 MHz
AM* 2.0µV 0.5µV 0.4µV
LSB, USB 0.7µV 0.3µV 0.2µV
CW 0.3µV 0.2µV 0.1µV

(10dB S+N/N)
* 80% modulation
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB) / 24 kHz (-60 dB) Continuously adjustable 100-15000 Hz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 60 dB 60 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker 1.2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1-25 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11-15 V DC 12V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A max 500mA
TX - 1.8-6.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
162 × 71 × 260 mm
(6.38 × 2.80 × 10.24 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 467 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C FDK-MULTI-000800D WINRADIO-WR-G000033EM