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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 144-148 MHz Regular broadcast and SW bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM  
Sensitivity ? 0.4 µV (20 dB N/Q) ?
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB) / 24 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Regenerative
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output Requires external speaker 1.2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1-25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11-15 V DC Mains (110 V AC)
Current RX ? 1.5 A max ?
TX - 1.8-6.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 195x and 195x in USA
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
162 × 71 × 260 mm
(6.38 × 2.80 × 10.24 in)
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Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C FDK-MULTI-000800D HEATHKIT-K-000002