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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 530-1700 kHz / 4-12 / 108-175 MHz
CB channels 1-40
26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz - 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - AM  
RF-output 100-120W ? 3.5 W

Connections

Antenna - Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains, 9 V DC or batteries (4×D) ?
Current RX 3 A 15 W ?
TX 20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 198x and 198x in China Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
381 × 367 × 140 mm
(15.00 × 14.45 × 5.51 in)
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Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-SW-000100 LAFAYETTE-HB-000023