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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (10 m, 6 m or 23 cm options) 0.01-30 MHz + FM broadcast band
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? AM < 1 µV
SSB < 0,3 µV
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? 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 Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 55.845 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (10 m, 6 m or 23 cm options) -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC 12 V DC external, 8 x R20 + 2 x R6 batteries or mains
Current RX 85 W Max 1.2 A ?
TX - Max 11.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1994 and 19xx Between 1981 and 1986 in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
150 × 50 × 175 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 6.89 in)
254 × 102 × 335 mm
(10.00 × 4.02 × 13.19 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 7.71 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 101 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Triple RX S/Battery-Meter
Record Jack
Pre-selector
NB
Dial Lamp
Dial Lamp Switch
Carry Handle
Muting
RF Gain
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 KENWOOD-TM-000742E SONY-CRF-000001