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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 20 m 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 20 m 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 20 W 1 / 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? ? 380 mA max
TX - ? 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 110 × 58 × 32 mm
(4.33 × 2.28 × 1.26 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? 670 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
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
? LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
VOX
PC programmable
Waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C KANTRONICS-KT-000120 BAOFENG-UV-000005X