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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ?
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. ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.2-30 MHz 0.15-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB  
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 ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 13.8 V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 1983
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
?
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

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
Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C COLLINS-000451S-1 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-DX-000200