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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ? 0.5µV (10dB S/N)
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W AM: 300 W, SSB: 570 W (PEP), CW: 570 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 25/100 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - 20 A max. ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 198x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
?
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 8 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 ICOM-IC-000730 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-001000