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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (10 m, 6 m or 23 cm options) -
Modulations AM   CW   FM   -
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
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (10 m, 6 m or 23 cm options) 160-10 m
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 85 W Max 1.2 A -
TX - Max 11.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1994 and 19xx Between 1952 and 195x
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
150 × 50 × 175 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 6.89 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Triple RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 KENWOOD-TM-000742E CENTRAL-ELECTRONICS-000010-A