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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.25-30 MHz 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
? ?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? 12 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains ?
Current RX 85 W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 198x and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? ?
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 80 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? AM/SSB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000651S-1 COLT-000485-DX-BLACK-SHADOW