General-coverage receiver covering 0.5 to 30.5 MHz in 30 bands, AM/CW/MCW. Designed for 19" rack mount. Requires external speaker. No bandwidth switch under BFO-Pitch control, could be upgraded to Collins 51J-4 with 354A-1 Collins Mechanical Filter Conversion kit.
Military designation Collins R-388/URR. Versions built for the Navy were tropicalized and had nonmagnetic cabinets.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 11m (CB) 10m
- Frequency stability
- Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial
- Tuning steps
- Continuous
- Memories
- None
Receiver
- RX-range
- 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands
- Modulations
- AM CW
- 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-frequencies
- ?
- Image rejection
- ?
- Audio output
- External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC)
- Current drain RX
- 85 W
- TX
- -
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 536 × 317 × 333 mm (21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
- Weight
- 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs)
- Form factor
- Base Station
- Manufactured
- Between 1952 and 1956 in USA
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- -
- Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 2506
- MPN
- COLLINS-000051J-3
Manuals, diagrams and brochures
- Collins-51J 3 SM PDF - 3.72 MB, submitted by Berend
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- USD 657 ~ USD 667
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