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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? ?
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 10-80 m 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. <0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) FM: 1 - 2 µV
AM: 2 µV
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 257.5 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 0.455 MHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 300 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω 40/100 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC Mains 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 196x and 19xx in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa) Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
? 216 × 89 × 171 mm
(8.50 × 3.50 × 6.73 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 400 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 GALAXY-V-MARK-II RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002041