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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C)
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A
TX - 22 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 2005 and 200x
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 503 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C ICOM-IC-007000