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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C)
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS
IF-freqs. ? 11.2735 MHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 2 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9.5 V DC
Current RX ? 68 mA
TX - 620 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between USA and USA Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000391 JIM-MX-000018S