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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
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 0.2-30 MHz 160-10 m 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
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. ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
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
? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? 450 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC Proprietary -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC ? Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX ? ? 80 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
?
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 DRAKE-R000004A EDDYSTONE-000730/6