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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 1240-1300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   DV   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
4.8 kbps voice: 0.35 µV (BER 1x10-2)
128 kbps data: 1.58 µV (BER 1x10-2)
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Selectivity ? FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
GMSK 4.8 kbps: 6 kHz (-6 dB)
GMSK 128 kbps: 140 kHz (-6 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1240-1300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   DV   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC +/-15% 12-14V DC
Current RX ? Max 1.5 A ?
TX - Max 7 A Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1980 and 198x
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
150 × 50 × 50 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 1.97 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) Panel + Transceiver 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3 ICOM-ID-000001 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX