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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ?
Tuning steps ? ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 144-146 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ?
Selectivity ? 5kHz (6 dB) or better ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: CFT455F2
Image rejection ? 60dB ?
Audio output ? 1W @ 3% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output 100 W ? 1 W

Connections

Antenna - - Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (120 VAC) 9.6-16V DC
Current RX - 40W 45 mA
TX ? - 450 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1979 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 374.65 × 196.85 × 317.5 mm
(14.75 × 7.75 × 12.50 in)
305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
122 × 51 × 175 mm
(4.80 × 2.01 × 6.89 in)
Weight 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 10*NiCd included
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Illuminated dial PLL: SM5104GA
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000032S-3A DRAKE-000002-B KENWOOD-TR-002300