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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 15m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ?
Tuning steps 10 kHz Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ?

Receiver

RX-range 21.215-21.445 MHz 0.2-30 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations USB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity ? (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ?
Selectivity ? Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 21.215-21.445 MHz - 144-146 MHz
Modulations USB   - FM  
RF-output 10 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 13.8 V DC ?V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 1973 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions ? 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
47 × 120 × 34 mm
(1.85 × 4.72 × 1.34 in)
Weight ? 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VXO Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BELCOM-KAPPA-000015 COLLINS-000451S-1 STANDARD-C000170