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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 15 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 140-150 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 140-150 MHz 136-174 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 1 / 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? Max 600 mA 380 mA max
TX - Max 6 A 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1983 and 198x Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
140 × × 177 mm
(5.51 × 0.00 × 6.97 in)
110 × 58 × 32 mm
(4.33 × 2.28 × 1.26 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 670 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 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
CTCSS LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
VOX
PC programmable
Waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C ICOM-IC-000027A BAOFENG-UV-000005X