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General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. Channelized 1 PPB

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 26.925-28.025 MHz 0.009-31 / 60-260 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ? ?
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? Tracking RF filters
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Digital Down Converter, software defined
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.925-28.025 MHz -
Modulations - AM   SSB   All mode  
RF-output ? ? W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC ? 5 V DC (USB port)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1973 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in France
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
? ?
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
VFO 4 programmable GPIO's
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 SILTRONIX-001011C AIRSPY-HF+