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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  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 ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 430-440 MHz 440-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   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
? < 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 - 70 cm 440-470 MHz
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5 / 3.5 / 1.5 / 0.5 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC Li-ion Battery
Current RX 85 W ? 35 mA (standby)
TX - ? 1500 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 198x and 198x Between 200x and 201x in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
89 × 53 × 29 mm
(3.50 × 2.09 × 1.14 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz) 230 gr (8.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Keyboard Repeater Shift
CTCSS
KENWOOD option ready
PC programmable via interface cable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ICOM-IC-000004SAT LINTON-LT-006188-2