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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 136-174 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM  
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 ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe except Italy)
144-148 MHz (Italy and the rest of the world)
144-148 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM  
RF-output ? High: 6 W, Low: 1 W 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 9.6V DC Mains or 12V DC
Current RX 85 W 25-210 mA ?
TX - 0.7-1.6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1967 and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
58 × 141 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.55 × 1.26 in)
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Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 420 gr (14.8 oz) without battery ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ICOM-IC-T000002H KENWOOD-TR-000002E