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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Single Band SSB Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.25-30 MHz 40 m
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   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
? ≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? about 2.0 kHz
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 8.467 MHz or 8.192 MHz, depending on the selected tuning range
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 3.5mm connector, mono output

Transmitter

TX-range - - 40 m
Modulations - - SSB  
RF-output ? ? 10 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 12~13.8 V
Current RX 85 W ? 30 mA
TX - - 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1971 and 1973 in USA Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 COLLINS-000651S-1 CRKITS-KN-Q000007