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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 80-10 m VHF/UHF
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity ? ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 1 / 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) Proprietary -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-16 V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX - 3-20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
?
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
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
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C HEATHKIT-HW-000104 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002053