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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range - 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 80-10 m
Modulations - AM   CW   CW   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 ?
IF-freqs. - ? ?
Image rejection - ? ?
Audio output - External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations AM   CW   - -
RF-output CW: 150 W (input), AM: 120 W (input) ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1951 and 195x in USA Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1958 and 1959 in USA
Dimensions 537 × 316 × 352 mm
(21.14 × 12.44 × 13.86 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
300 × 178 × 102 mm
(11.81 × 7.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 47.60 kg (105.0 lbs) 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000032V-3 COLLINS-000051J-3 MORROW-MB-000006