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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.014-30 MHz All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   ISB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - All International Maritime VHF channels
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 25 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12/24 V DC
Current RX ? Max 60 W ?
TX - - 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1984 and 1987 in Canada Between 197x and 198x in Denmark
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Remote control. Dual Watch
Instant Channel 16
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C COLLINS-HF-002050 SAILOR-RT000144AC