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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 10-80 m 144-146 MHz in four 500 kHz segments
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: -4 dBV (20 dB QS)
Selectivity ? 5 kHz (-50 dB), 1.8 kHz (-6 dB) SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.1 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne, 8 tubes Single (SSB/CW) / double (FM) conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB >50 dB 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz - 144-146 MHz in four 500 kHz segments
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 100-120W ? FM/CW: 10 W, SSB: 10 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12-14.5 V DC or mains
Current RX 3 A ? 600 mA
TX 20 A - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 196x and 19xx in Japan Between 1974 and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
330.2 × 152.4 × 260.35 mm
(13.00 × 6.00 × 10.25 in)
280 × 125 × 295 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 11.61 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? VOX
NB
100 kHz calibrator
Repeater tone burst 1300-3000 Hz adjustable
Accessories ? ? -
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 SOMMERKAMP-FR-000050B SOMMERKAMP-FT-000220