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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 100 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC
Current RX 3 A 10-140 mA
TX 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
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Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 YUPITERU-MVT-007100