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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.25-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity ? ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output ? ? 1-20 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + Clamps / screws - SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 80 W ?
TX - - Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 19xx in USA Between 1982 and 1986 in Canada Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 432 × 266 × 381 mm
(17.01 × 10.47 × 15.00 in)
483 × 222 × 520 mm
(19.02 × 8.74 × 20.47 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Remote control. Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075A-4 COLLINS-HF-008054A TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)