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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 378
EUR 89 ~ EUR 311
Rating No reviews yet 3 reviews
HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  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. Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions.
Tuning steps ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity Band 1: < 15 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: < 5 µV gives 10 dB S/N
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Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
Filters ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws Burndept
Impedance 50Ω 75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1963 in USA Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
Weight 24.90 kg (54.9 lbs) 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-4 RACAL-RA-000017L