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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Triple-band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C or better, accuracy ±50Hz @ 25 °C ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Superheteodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 80 dB 65/60 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker 1.5 W @ 4 ohms 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 0-100 W 1 / 8 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? 2 A 380 mA max, ≤ 75 mA in standby
TX - 20 A 1.4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
60 × 112 × 35 mm
(2.36 × 4.41 × 1.38 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
CTCSS/PL + DCS
DTMF
VOX
LED flashlight
Roger beep
PC-programmable.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) BAOFENG-UV-000005R-PRO