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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
Filters ? Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k
Receiver system ? Double conversion + DSP
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB
Audio output Requires external speaker 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? 5-100 W (100% duty cycle)

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 1.25 A
TX - 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 2010 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599AT)