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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Triple-band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Channelized 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 26.965-27.405 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne Superheteodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 65/60 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 4 W 1 / 8 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? ? 380 mA max, ≤ 75 mA in standby
TX - ? 1.4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 60 × 112 × 35 mm
(2.36 × 4.41 × 1.38 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
- CTCSS/PL + DCS
DTMF
VOX
LED flashlight
Roger beep
PC-programmable.
Accessories ? - ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C SBE-TAHOE-000040 BAOFENG-UV-000005R-PRO