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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Precision RF Meter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz Channelized N/A

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 11 m 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   All mode  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? N/A
Selectivity ? ? N/A
Filters ? ? N/A
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 11 m 1.6-54 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   All mode  
RF-output 100-120W ? N/A

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains or 12 V DC
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 140 × 60 × 120 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 4.72 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 BLAUPUNKT-BCB-005232 HEATHKIT-HM-001002