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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5 p.p.m. (-20 °C ~ +60 °C) ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 144-148 MHz 6 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 144-148 MHz 6 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM  
RF-output 100-120W High: 60 W, Medium: ? W, Low: ? W 45 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 3 A 1 A ?
TX 20 A 13 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
160 × 43 × 137 mm
(6.30 × 1.69 × 5.39 in)
140 × 51 × 140 mm
(5.51 × 2.01 × 5.51 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 1.36 kg (3.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? CTCSS encoder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 KENWOOD-TM-000271A AZDEN-PCS-007500H