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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transmitter
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands - 440-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   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
? < 0.20 µV
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 ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 440-470 MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 25 W 4 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 52-70Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) External PSU (6 or 12 V DC / 67.5 V DC, 275 V DC / 300~600 V DC) Li-ion Battery
Current RX 85 W - 35 mA (standby)
TX - ? 1500 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1958 and 1959 in USA Between 200x and 201x in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
300 × 178 × 102 mm
(11.81 × 7.01 × 4.02 in)
89 × 53 × 29 mm
(3.50 × 2.09 × 1.14 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 230 gr (8.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Repeater Shift
CTCSS
KENWOOD option ready
PC programmable via interface cable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 MORROW-MB-000565 LINTON-LT-006188-2