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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? less than 100 Hz drift
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 0.55-1.6 / 1.6-4.8 / 4.8-14.5 / 10.5-30 MHz 0.01-30 MHz in 500 kHz bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 1.5 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 7 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains (115/230 V AC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1954 and 1985 in USA Between 1963 and 1966 Between 1972 and 1973 in USA
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
330 × 200 × 255 mm
(12.99 × 7.87 × 10.04 in)
440 × 160 × 360 mm
(17.32 × 6.30 × 14.17 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Electrical bandspread on 80, 40, 20 ,15 and 10m bands
Slide rule display
AVC-MVC selector
ANL
BFO
Antenna trimmer
Solid state
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390A/URR LAFAYETTE-HA-000063 GALAXY-R-001530