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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Amateur Portable Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  2m  1.25m  70cm 
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 25 / 12.5 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 150-174 MHz
350-390 / 400-470 MHz
18-76 / 108-136 / 136-629 / 630-660 / 840-999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   FM  
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
≤ 0.25 µV / 0.28 µV ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz 65 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 0.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 150-174 MHz
350-390 / 400-470 MHz
136-629 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? 5 / 4 / 2 W 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 7.4V, 1250mAh (Li-Ion Battery) 2600 mAh Li-Ion
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 201x and 201x in China Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
111 × 54 × 34 mm
(4.37 × 2.13 × 1.34 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 249 gr (8.8 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories None 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 256 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? NOAA channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 HYTERA-TC-000600 RADTEL-RT-000470X