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

General

HAM bands ? 6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz 0.1-2036 MHz 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations - AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? ? 200 - 1500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1989 and 199x Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000851S-1 AOR-AR-003000AB AOR-AR-005700D