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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-12 MHz 160-10 m 0.54-31 MHz in four bands
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 7 tubes ? Single conversion, 8 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? Max 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance ? 50/75 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC or mains Mains (120 V AC) or batteries (90 & 7.5V DC)
Current RX ? 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off) ?
TX - 15 A max. -

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1950 and 1955 in USA
Dimensions 342.9 × 254 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
356 × 355 × 305 mm
(14.02 × 13.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 13.61 kg (30.0 lbs) 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? BFO
Passive AVC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051-Q KENWOOD-TS-000520S HALLICRAFTERS-S-000072R