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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands - 0.54-34 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Single conversion (8 tubes)
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   -
RF-output ? 60 W -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50-600Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains Mains (105-125 V AC, 50/60 Hz)
Current RX 85 W - ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 1963 in USA
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 476 × 216 × 259 mm
(18.74 × 8.50 × 10.20 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? •¼" Head. Jack • AVC ON/OFF • BFO • Bandspread • RF Gain • ANL • Mute Line • Speaker Terminals • Tone • Standby • Speaker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 EICO-000720 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000108