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

General

HAM bands ? 6m  6m 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? ?
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 26-56 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. AM: <1 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: <0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.13 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Double conversion ('92 - '97) Triple conversion ('98 - '??)
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 100mW max

Transmitter

TX-range - 28-29.7/50-54 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 5-25 W, FM/SSB/CW: 10-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC or mains 4.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.4-1.6 A ?
TX - Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 1992 and 199x
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
241 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
64 × 152 × 43 mm
(2.52 × 5.98 × 1.69 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 355 gr (12.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 ICOM-IC-000575H UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000150Y/B