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General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 136-174 MHz 30-54 / 118-136 / 138-174 / 380-512 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   CW   FM   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
? 30-54 mhzL 0.5 µV
118-136 MHz: 2.0 µV
138-174 MHz: 1.0 µV
380-215 MHz: 1.0 µV
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? 9 kHz @ -6 dB, 15 kHz @ -50 dB
Filters ? ? 1 crystal, 1 ceramic
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 1.2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe except Italy)
144-148 MHz (Italy and the rest of the world)
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Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 6 W, Low: 1 W -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 9.6V DC 12 V DC or mains
Current RX 85 W 25-210 mA 13 W
TX - 0.7-1.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
58 × 141 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.55 × 1.26 in)
250 × 60 × 180 mm
(9.84 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 420 gr (14.8 oz) without battery 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 60 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ICOM-IC-T000002H RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002024