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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 140 ~ USD 260 (similar rigs)
USD 257 ~ USD 477 (similar rigs)
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HAM bands ? ?
Freq. stability Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C. Standard TCXO: below 30 MHz +/- 20 Hz, above 30 MHz +/- 0.5ppm
Tuning steps Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob. 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-30 MHz 2MHz - 3.0 GHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions. SSB, 10 db S/N: 3 kHz@-117dBm
AM (50% mod), 10 db S/N: 6.0 kHz@-108dBm
FM-N @ 6 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 15 kHz@-107dBm
FM-W @ 10-20 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 30-50 kHz@-102dBm
FM-W @ 75kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 200 kHz@-96dBm
Selectivity Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
Selection is mode independent. Approx. 50 filter bandwidths with 8-10 chosen appropriately for each of the 5 modes. Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. (6 to 60 dB).

Examples, useful for: CW-100,150,200,250,300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 Hz SSB-1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.4 kHz AM- 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.6, 10.4, 12.0, 13.6, 15.2,16kHz WFM-100,120,140,150,160,180, 200, 250, 300 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne (?) ?
IF-freqs. 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 60 dB 80 dB typical 2-3000 MHz
Audio output Internal speaker Line + Headphones

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8 V DC 90-264 VAC, 48-440 Hz; optional 11-28V DC power supply
Current RX ? 36W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2009 and in USA
Dimensions 394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
190 × 89 × 432 mm
(7.48 × 3.50 × 17.01 in)
Weight 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
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Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000451S-1 TEN-TEC-RX-000400