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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Amateur Portable Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands ? 18-76 / 108-136 / 136-629 / 630-660 / 840-999 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   FM  
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10m 136-629 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? SSB: 2 kW PEP, CW: 1 kW (with 100 W drive) 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains (120/240 V AC) 2600 mAh Li-Ion
Current RX 85 W 20A @ 120V, 10A @ 240V ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1970 and 197x in USA Between 202x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
378 × 209 × 398 mm
(14.88 × 8.23 × 15.67 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 21.70 kg (47.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None ? 256 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? NOAA channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 HEATHKIT-SB-000220 RADTEL-RT-000470X