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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 40 m -
Modulations - - -
Sensitivity ? 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity ? 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ?
IF-freqs. ? 11 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 40 m 160-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   - AM   CW  
RF-output 1 KW (input) 3W AM: 540 W, CW: 700 W (input)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-14V DC Mains
Current RX - 35-80mA -
TX ? 800mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 19xx and 20xx Between 1958 and 1959 in USA
Dimensions 711.2 × 1689.1 × 457.2 mm
(28.00 × 66.50 × 18.00 in)
152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
560 × 790 × 375 mm
(22.05 × 31.10 × 14.76 in)
Weight ? 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 124.75 kg (275.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 4-250A (4-400A/6156) final
VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-KW-000001 TEN-TEC-001340 WRL-/-GLOBE-KING-000500B/C