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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 1 MHz / 100 / 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 80-10 m 110-162 / 296-368 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between USA and USA Between 1966 and 1974 Between 199x and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
289 × 162 × 239 mm
(11.38 × 6.38 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? One optional band ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000391 DRAKE-000002-C FAIR-MATE-AS-032320