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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 480 kHz - 30 MHz in five bands 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   SSB  
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 Single Conversion Superheterodyne, 15 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations - - AM   SSB  
RF-output ? ? ? W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains Mains / 12 V DC
Current RX 85 W 80 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1952 and 1962 in Great Britain Between 1975 and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 21.30 kg (47.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? • ¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Rack Handles • Calibrator 100 kHz • RF Gain • BFO ±3 kHz • Mute • 140:1 Tune Ratio • Standby • NL • Dial Lamp • Dimmer (back panel) • AVC ON/OFF • Flywheel Tuning ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 EDDYSTONE-000680X RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-TRC-000457