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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
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. Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 30 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz - 25-550 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - AM   FM   W-FM  
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. ? 25-550 MHz
FM 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM 0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
800-1300 MHz
FM 0.8 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 - 10-160 m -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   -
RF-output ? 1 KW (input) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 1989 and 19xx
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
711.2 × 1689.1 × 457.2 mm
(28.00 × 66.50 × 18.00 in)
?
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second
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 COLLINS-KW-000001 YUPITERU-MVT-005000