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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
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 136-174 MHz 10-80m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
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. 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
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
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-80m
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? High: 5 W, Low: 350 mW 180W PEP

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC Proprietary
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 6-16V DC Mains
Current RX ? 16-55 mA ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1967 and 1970 in USA
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
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Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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 DRAGON-SY-000501 HEATHKIT-SB-000101