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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 0.5-3000 MHz (less cellular) 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 3.5 µV
2-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.85 µV
470-1040 MHz: 0.9 µV
1040-2040 MHz: 9 µV
2040-3000 MHz: 25 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? SSB/NAM
3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/S-FM
9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40 dB)
W-AM/N-FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40 dB)
W-FM
150 kHz (-3 dB), 360 kHz (-20 dB
200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 12V DC external 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? 25-190 mA 200 - 1500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1954 in USA Between 2012 and 200x Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
61 × 143 × 39 mm
(2.40 × 5.63 × 1.54 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight ? 217 gr (7.7 oz) without batteries and antenna 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS
Voice recording on micro SD card
USB interface
Analog voice scramler decoder (inverter)
CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390/URR AOR-AR-008200D AOR-AR-005700D