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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 kHz to 995 kHz in increments of 5 or 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 1.5-12 MHz 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   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
? FM ≥ 0.5µV across most of the range
AM/SSB ≥ 3.0µV across most of the range
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne 7 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 12V DC 11-16 V DC from external supply
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1986 and 199x
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
342.9 × 254 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 13.61 kg (30.0 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Attenuator
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000051-Q AOR-AR-002800