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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
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 20 / 100 / 0.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 440-470 MHz 100 kHz - 29.9999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
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 100 kHz to 2 MHz
AM 2 µV
SSB .5 µV

2 MHz to 30 MHz
AM 1 µV
SSB .5 µV max

10db(S+N/N)
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? 45 MHz 8 kHz BW
455 Khz (AM) 6 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
Filters ? ? 6 kHz AM and 2.4 kHz SSB
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 400 mW 2 watts into 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 440-470 MHz -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Li-ion Battery 12V DC / 10 AA cells
Current RX 85 W 35 mA (standby) 350-600 mA
TX - 1500 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 200x and 201x in China Between 200x and 20xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
89 × 53 × 29 mm
(3.50 × 2.09 × 1.14 in)
210 × 65 × 195 mm
(8.27 × 2.56 × 7.68 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 230 gr (8.1 oz) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 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
6-digit LCD display
Analog S-Meter
455kHz IF output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 LINTON-LT-006188-2 PALSTAR-RC000030