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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ?
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 5 kHz - 2000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   ISB  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ?
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 12V DC or Mains
Current RX ? Max 30 W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1995 and 2000 in USA
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
483 × 44 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 1.73 × 19.69 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
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Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 COLLINS-000095S-1A