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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-80 m 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations CW   SSB   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 10-80 m 10-80 m 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W 100 W 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 19xx in USA Between 1959 and 19xx in USA Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight ? ? 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-KWM-000002 COLLINS-KWM-000002A JIM-MX-000018S