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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability Dial calibration at room temperature is within 300 cps if the nearest 100 kc calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz 9 kHz - 52 MHz / 142-172 MHz VHF/UHF
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity Band 1: < 15 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: < 5 µV gives 10 dB S/N
AM
2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
1.5 µV (142-172 MHz)
33 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

FM
4 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.2 µV (142-172 MHz)
28 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

SSB/CW
0.2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.18 µV (142-172 MHz)
22 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)
?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz AM 6 kHz
FM 12 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
CW 600 Hz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.7 MHz
2nd: 10.698 (main), 10.702 (sub)
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 4.8 W (2×2.4 W main/sub) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? HF/6 m: 600 W, 2 m: 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115 or 230 V AC, 45~70 Hz) Separate mains PSU 12V DC or mains
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1963 in USA Between 2006 and 200x in Germany Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
425 × 175 × 465 mm
(16.73 × 6.89 × 18.31 in)
?
Weight 24.90 kg (54.9 lbs) 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Internal Antenna Tuner (PT-8000A / PT-8000B only)
Dual-RX
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-4 HILBERLING-PT-008000B RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002001