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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 430-440 MHz 0.495-2450 MHz (Cellular blocked in the U.S.)
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   AM-video   FM   W-FM   FM-video  
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
? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-5 MHz: 1.4 µV
5-30 MHz: 1 µV
118-136 MHz: 0.79 µV
222-330 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)**
1.625-5 MHz: 0.32 µV
5-470 MHz: 0.25 µV
470-800 MHz: 0.45 µV
800-2000 MHz: 0.56 µV
2000-2300 MHz: 1 µV
2300-2450 MHz: 1.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-108 MHz: 1 µV
175-222 MHz: 1 µV
470-770 MHz: 1.8 µV
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: ? W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) 13.8V DC 3.6-6.3V DC
Current RX 85 W ? 53-210 mA (backlight and TFT off)
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 61 × 120 × 33 mm
(2.40 × 4.72 × 1.30 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 300 gr (10.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 450 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Detachable front panel Built-in color TFT screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 ICOM-IC-000370A ICOM-IC-R000003