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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-20 m 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 10-400 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
AM: 0.8 µV
400-1000 MHz
N-FM: 0.7 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
1000-1500 MHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 724.20 MHz
2nd: 287.550 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-20 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 52Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12, 28 V DC or mains 4.8-6 V DC internal batteries or 9-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 95-140 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1957 and 19xx in USA Between 1995 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
? 63 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ? 315 gr (11.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Backlit LCD
Backlit keypad
Attenuator
Sleep timer
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ABF128 VHF Airband Filter, Bandpass: 108-136 MHz. (BNC M to BNC F)
RU2700 IC Recorder (20 Seconds) Slot Card
SC2700 Vinyl carry case.
DA900 Flexible antenna 9 inch [BNC]
MPN COLLINS-000075S-2 COLLINS-KWM-000001 AOR-AR-002700