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Desktop Shortwave receiver
High performance Shortwave receiver

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  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 198x and 199x in USA
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
Audio and RF/IF
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2