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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.5-30.5 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
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 16 tubes XTAL
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 85 W ? 500 mA (no input)
TX - - Max 3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 180 × 60 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.45 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-R-000381 KENWOOD-TR-007200G