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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
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. 12.5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 60-89 / 108-138 / 140-179 / 380-519 MHz 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   AM   CW  
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. FM VHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM UHF: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
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
+/- 25 kHz (-60 dB) 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) Double-conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: Kyocera F455R 15A
450 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC TV-antenne + Built-in telescopic -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 13.2 V DC or mains + 2 × R6/AA for memory backup Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX ? ? 80 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
270 × 95 × 230 mm
(10.63 × 3.74 × 9.06 in)
?
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 70 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 10 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
Built-in clock
LED display
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 DLS-000070 EDDYSTONE-000730/6