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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 188 ~ USD 349 (similar rigs)
USD 657 ~ USD 667
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HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30×1000 kHz bands 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW  
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
Selectivity ? 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple Conversion Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 85 W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 1952 and 1956 in USA
Dimensions 536 × 318 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.52 × 13.86 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-1 COLLINS-000051J-3