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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Manpack VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands - 36-76 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   - N-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
? 12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 50 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 36-76 MHz
Modulations - CW   N-FM  
RF-output ? 60 W >1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None 1600 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 EICO-000720 RACAL-TRA-000967