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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.25-30 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 12V DC or internal batteries
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
Weight ? 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 30 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000651S-1 ICOM-IC-000718 LOWE-HF-000225