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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Direct Sampling SDR HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  None  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.25 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 25 kHz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 37-46.95 MHz 0.1-54 MHz (2 m/70 cm optional)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct-sampling SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 37-46.95 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m (2m / 70cm optional)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
RF-output 100-120W 0.25 / 0.5 / 1 W 0.1-10 / 0.1-100

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC (10 × AA cells) 12-15V DC
Current RX 3 A ? 2 A
TX 20 A ? 23 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 1978 and 2010 in UK Between 2019 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
90 × 244 × 30 mm
(3.54 × 9.61 × 1.18 in)
343 × 114 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 4.49 × 10.00 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 4.54 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 1 bank(s) 144 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? Modular hybrid design for easy upgrade and expansion
DSP 7" color touch
display
HDMI video output
Ethernet jack
Remote control
Single or dual panadapter
USB-jacks
RS-232C
Transverter I/O
Iambic keyer
Twin RX
Real-time clock
Built-in help system
Linux-based computing module
Accessories ? ? Comes with KDIV4 option, a second set of band-pass filters and additional direct-sampling ADC module
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 CLANSMAN-PRC-000349 ELECRAFT-K000004D