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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.25-30 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 10-160m, incl. 30m + WWV
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: ?
2nd: 57 kHz
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX - 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 1960 and 1961
Dimensions ? 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight ? 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000651S-1 ICOM-IC-000718 RME-006902