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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Speech processor

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  None 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? N/A

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.03-60 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
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
SSB/CW/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.79 MHz: 0.5 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV
AM (6 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (15 kHz BW, 12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV
?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz SSB/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW)
2.4 kHz (-3 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (500 Hz BW)
500 Hz (-3 dB), 700 Hz (-60 dB)
AM (6 kHz BW)
6 kHz (-3 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (15 kHz BW)
12
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 70 dB ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m ?
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output ? 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - 4-pin microphone jack

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 85-265 VAC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 85 W Max 210 VA 40 mA
TX - Max 800 VA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 2003 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
90 × 25 × 102 mm
(3.54 × 0.98 × 4.02 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 400 gr (14.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 4×32 bit DSP's. Built-in RTTY/PSK31 encoder/decoder. Built-in auto-AT. 7" color TFT with VGA output. Twin RX Spectrum scope. Digital voice recorder RS-232C. Built-in voice synthesizer Compact Flash card for storing personal settings. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ICOM-IC-007800 KEN PRODUCT-KP-000760