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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 0.535-30 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output CW: 150 W (input), AM: 120 W (input) ? 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance ? 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains 9-15 V DC
Current RX - N/A 550 mA
TX ? - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 1970 and 1971 Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 320 × 150 × 210 mm
(12.60 × 5.91 × 8.27 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000032V-2 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-DX-000120 XIEGU-X006100