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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
6 band SSB/CW transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 27.005-27.135 MHz 2.5-4.1 / 5-8 / 10-15.1 / 18-22 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
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
? 0.3 µV
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 9 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 27.005-27.135 MHz 1.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 10.1-10.15 / 14-14.5 / 18.068-18.168 / 21-21.5 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 100 mW 5-8 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX 85 W ? 180 mA
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1979 and 1983 Between 20xx and 20xx in Canada
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
78 × 240 × 49 mm
(3.07 × 9.45 × 1.93 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 1.15 kg (2.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Kit

Other features

Memories None 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Signal strength meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ZODIAC-P-002012CH YOUKITS-TJ000006A-PRO