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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Within ±10 x 10-6 (±0.5 x 10-6 with SO-2)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.148-30 / 87-108 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   W-FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (S+N/N 10 dB)
Less than 31.6 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz),
Less than 2 µV (1.750 ~ 24.5 MHz),
Less than 1.3 µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 1.3 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
Less than 0.25 µV (28 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 0.25 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
SSB/CW (S+N/N 10 dB)
Less than 4 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz),
Less than 0.2 µV (1.705 ~ 24.5 MHz),
Less than 0.13 µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz),
Less than 0.13 µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? AM
More than 4.0 kHz (-6dB),
Less than 20.0 kHz (-50 db)
FM
More than 12.0 kHz (-6 dB),
Less than 25.0 kHz (-50 db)
SSB/CW
More than 2.2 kHz (-6 dB),
Less than 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? FM: triple superheterodyne, other: double superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz(FM only)
Image rejection ? ? Greater than 70 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW/FM/FSK: 100 W; AM: 25 W

Connections

Antenna - Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9V DC (6R14/C + 3R6/AA), 12V DC external or mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 2 A
TX - - 20.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1947 and 1950 in USA Between 1986 and 1989 in Portugal Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 536 × 311 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.24 × 13.86 in)
299.72 × 177.8 × 50.8 mm
(11.80 × 7.00 × 2.00 in)
270 × 96 × 271 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.67 in)
Weight 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs) 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs) 11.50 kg (25.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Clock ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075A-1 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000400 KENWOOD-TS-000570DG