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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 10-80 m 30 - 1000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? FM, N-FM: 0.7 µV (30-500 MHz), 0.8 µV (500-1000 MHz)
W-FM: 2.0 µV (30-500 MHz), 2.5 µV (500-1000 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? FM-N: 12 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-M: 30 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-W: 230 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 500mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1954 and 1985 in USA Between 197x and 19xx Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
? 164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) ? 470 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? USB (1.0 / 2.0) compatible computer connection.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390A/URR HEATHKIT-SB-000104A WINRADIO-WR-G000033WSM