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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.5-30 MHz 118-174 / 410-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: <0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? AM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: >15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: >2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 100 W High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 11-16V DC
Current RX ? 1.2-1.5 A 3 A
TX - Max 20 A Max 11 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1988 and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C ICOM-IC-000725 KENWOOD-TM-000732A