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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  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 Continuous Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.535-32 MHz in six bands 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? For 20dB S/N: 8 µV at 1 MHz, 4.5 µV at 4.3 MHz, 7 µV at 16 MHz, 7 µV at 28 MHz 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15 kHz, 9 kHz, 3.4 kHz, 1.6 kHz, 400 Hz FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 14 valves Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? 120 dB at 1 MHz / 60 dB at 16 MHz / 46 dB at 28 MHz ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + Clamps / screws Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance ? 200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 100-260 V AC mains or 6 V DC vibrator pack 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? 100 VA 400-600 mA
TX - - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 19xx in USA Between 1940 and 1945 in USA Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 432 × 266 × 381 mm
(17.01 × 10.47 × 15.00 in)
488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Optional S-meter ?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN COLLINS-000075A-4 RCA-AR000088D ALINCO-DR-000735T