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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.01-30 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   AM   SSB   USB   ISB   -
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Double / triple conversion XTAL
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m
Modulations - - AM   CW  
RF-output ? ? 20 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50/600 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains (120/240 V AC) Mains
Current RX 85 W ? -
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1971 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
330 × 140 × 380 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 14.96 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 DRAKE-MSR-000001 HAMMARLUND-FOUR-000020