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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Multiband SSB Transceiver | 400 W

General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. ? 100 Hz in 30 minutes (after 15 minute warm-up)
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   AM   SSB   USB  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.5 µV @ 10 dB S/N (SSB)
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB
4.2 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB >60 dB 50 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
80-10 m
Modulations - FM   AM   SSB   USB  
RF-output ? High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W SSB: 500 W, CW: 400 W, AM: 100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains
Current RX ? 0.8-1 A ?
TX - Max 10.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1995 and 1998 in Japan Between 1975 and 19xx in Brazil
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
? 355 × 130 × 365 mm
(13.98 × 5.12 × 14.37 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) Power supply: 8.5 kg
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 60 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
CTCSS encoder (CTCSS decoder option) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 ICOM-IC-002000H DELTA-DBR-000500