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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 24V DC or mains
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A 36W
TX - 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between USA and USA Between 2005 and 200x Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000391 ICOM-IC-007000 JRC-NRD-000302A