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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 0.538-35 / 46-56 MHz 50-905 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? AM: 3V (10dB S/N)
FM: 1.5V (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1V (12 dB SINAD @ 83 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion, 14 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3 W (external speaker required) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100-120W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX 3 A ? Max 1 A
TX 20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 1949 and 1954 in USA Between 1988 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
330 × 130 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 11.02 in)
180 × 75 × 180 mm
(7.09 × 2.95 × 7.09 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? Bandscope TV tuner front end
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000071 STANDARD-AX-000700