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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? ?
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 10-80 m + WARC 25.615-28.305 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ? ?
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m + WARC 25.615-28.305 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
RF-output ? Max 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? 700 mA ?
TX - 19 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 198x Between 2012 and 20xx
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
241 × 94 × 293 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 11.54 in)
216 × 89 × 381 mm
(8.50 × 3.50 × 15.00 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
? Weather
Public Address
Backlit Display
Built-in SWR
Channel Scanning
Single Side Band (SSB)
Dynamike Boost
High SWR Indicator
Instant Channel 9/19
Noise Reduction (NB/ANL)
RF Gain
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 KENWOOD-TS-000130S UNIDEN-BEARCAT-000980SSB