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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Heavy-duty receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF receiver

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  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 1 kHz per °C temperature change after 15 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 50 kHz - 32 MHz using plug-in tuners 150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 10 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? 20 kHz @ -6 dB / 50 kHz @ -20 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 50 MHz
2nd: 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker 200 mW (headphones) 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains (100; 200; 230 V)
Current RX ? ? 90 VA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1956 and 19xx in USA Between 1964 and 1969 in Great Britain
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 15.88 kg (35.0 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy 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 TMC-FFR EDDYSTONE-000770U-/-MKII