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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Military Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 144-148 MHz 190-500 kHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV @ 12 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity ? ± 12 kHz @ -50 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz ?
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1 / 15 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC ?
Current RX ? 150 mA ?
TX - 3.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1973 and 197x Between 194x and 194x in USA
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
250 × 60 × 225 mm
(9.84 × 2.36 × 8.86 in)
?
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s) None
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
Built-in 1750 Hz tone burst ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C ZODIAC-GEMINI MILITARY-BC-000453-B