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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 80 m 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations - - AM   CW  
Sensitivity - 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity - 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system - Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Regenerative
IF-freqs. - 11 MHz ?
Image rejection - ? ?
Audio output - 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. Built-in 4" speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 80 m -
Modulations AM   CW   - -
RF-output CW: 150 W (input), AM: 120 W (input) 3W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC Mains (110 V AC)
Current RX - 35-80mA ?
TX ? 800mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1951 and 195x in USA Between 19xx and 20xx Between 196x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 537 × 316 × 352 mm
(21.14 × 12.44 × 13.86 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
254 × 178 × 127 mm
(10.00 × 7.01 × 5.00 in)
Weight 47.60 kg (105.0 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. cabinet
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Bandspread tuning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000032V-3 TEN-TEC-001380 LAFAYETTE-EXPLOR-AIR-(KT-000135)