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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? less than 100 Hz drift after 10 minutes warmup ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz 15/20/40 m 0.15-1500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? less than 1 µV provides readable signal ?
Selectivity ? 2 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Direct conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 15/20/40 m -
Modulations - CW   -
RF-output ? 40m: 3 W, 20m: 2.5 W, 15m: 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13V DC ?
Current RX ? 35 mA ?
TX - 450 mA max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1972 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 235 × 216 × 108 mm
(9.25 × 8.50 × 4.25 in)
?
Weight ? 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Internal ISA-card
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000388/URR HEATHKIT-HW-000007 WINRADIO-WR-003100I