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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0-32 MHz 0.014-30 MHz 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   ISB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.6 µV @ 10dB
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 150 mW @ 75 Ohm; 2 W @ 4 Ohm external loudspeaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? ? 4/20 W

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 10-32 V DC
Current RX Max 1 A Max 60 W 3 W
TX - - 60 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 19xx Between 1984 and 1987 in Canada Between 198x and 199x in Netherlands / UK by Philips / M.E.L.
Dimensions 238 × 77 × 191 mm
(9.37 × 3.03 × 7.52 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
?
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Unknown Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? Remote control. Operational range: 30 ... 50 km
Watertight: 1 hour at 1 meter
CPU controlled
Built-in antenna tuner (ATU)
Speech processor
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-007030 COLLINS-HF-002050 PHILIPS-RT-002000