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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF VFO
Tri-band analog mobile transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±20 ppm ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? 2.5 / 5.0 / 6.25 / 10.0 / 12.5 / 25.0 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 2m (144-146/148 MHz depending on region) 0.5-1710 kHz / 76-108 / 108-136 / 175-250 / 300-399 / 480-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ≤ 0.25 μV (wide band)
≤ 0.35 μV (narrow band)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W @ 10%

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 2m (144-146/148 MHz depending on region) 137-174 / 222-225 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100-120W ? VHF: 5 / 10 / 50 W, UHF: 7 / 40 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC ±20%
Current RX 3 A - ?
TX 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between and Between 2017 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
161 × 111 × 261 mm
(6.34 × 4.37 × 10.28 in)
145 × 47 × 190 mm
(5.71 × 1.85 × 7.48 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? Multi-color LCD Display
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 ICOM-DV-000021 BAOFENG-UV-000050X3