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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver
Mobile CB tranceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.1 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.01-30 MHz + FM broadcast band 26-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM  
Sensitivity ? AM < 1 µV
SSB < 0,3 µV
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Selectivity ? AM
10 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
4,4 (-6 dB), 8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2,0 (-6 dB), 3,4 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 55.845 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26-30 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 V DC external, 8 x R20 + 2 x R6 batteries or mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1947 and 1950 in USA Between 1981 and 1986 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 311 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.24 × 13.86 in)
254 × 102 × 335 mm
(10.00 × 4.02 × 13.19 in)
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Weight 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs) 7.71 kg (17.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? S/Battery-Meter
Record Jack
Pre-selector
NB
Dial Lamp
Dial Lamp Switch
Carry Handle
Muting
RF Gain
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075A-1 SONY-CRF-000001 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-PC000076XL