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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 8-1300 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   FM  
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
FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
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Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 700 mW, 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 12 V DC (4 × AA cells) ?
Current RX 85 W 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1990 and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
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Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 YUPITERU-MVT-007000 GEMTRONICS-GTX-003323