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MF/HF Marine Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? ?
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 5 kHz - 2000 MHz 150 kHz - 28 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. ? ?
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 700 kHz
2nd: 85 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? External speaker required

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 12V DC or Mains Mains (115/230 V AC) or 110/220 V DC
Current RX ? Max 30 W ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1995 and 2000 in USA Between 196x and 196x in (Late sixties)
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
483 × 44 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 1.73 × 19.69 in)
195 × 126 × 198 mm
(7.68 × 4.96 × 7.80 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 35.40 kg (78.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 COLLINS-000095S-1A MARCONI-ATALANTA-002207C