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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.014-30 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? Max 60 W 60 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1984 and 1987 in Canada Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Remote control. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C COLLINS-HF-002050 RACAL-RA-003701