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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ?
Tuning steps Continuous Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.2-30 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
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. 0.4 µV (20 dB N/Q)
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
12 kHz (-6 dB) / 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne (?) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB 60 dB
Audio output ? Internal speaker 1.2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 13.8 V DC 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A max
TX - - 1.8-6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
162 × 71 × 260 mm
(6.38 × 2.80 × 10.24 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-2 COLLINS-000451S-1 FDK-MULTI-000800D