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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM: 2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (option): 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? X-TAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160m / 10-10.5 MHz (WWV)
26.965-27.255 MHz
26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 80 W (input), 50% duty cycle (slightly lower on 10m), SSB: 260 W (PEP input), CW: 180 W (input) 12 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains ?
Current RX ? 0.5 A ?
TX - Max 21 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1972 and 1974 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
27.265-27.555 MHz XTAL option, RX and TX. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C SOMMERKAMP-TS-000288A/24CH COBRA-002010-GTL-WX