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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Marine Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.4 µV (20 dB N/Q)
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB) / 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? Internal speaker 1.2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? 1-25 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC or mains 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A max
TX - - 1.8-6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
162 × 71 × 260 mm
(6.38 × 2.80 × 10.24 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-2 DRAKE-RR-000003 FDK-MULTI-000800D