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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ? ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period
Tuning steps Continuous ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.54-42 MHz in five bands 10-160 m + CB and WWV/JJY
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB  
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
? 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK
600 Hz (-6 dB)
1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne 9 tubes Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 9 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB (15-160 m), ≥ 50 dB (10 m)
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W ? 3 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains 13.5V DC
Current RX 85 W ? Max 1.1 A
TX - - Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 1936 and 193x in USA Between 197x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
? 280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 11 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Optional XTAL controlled memories
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000009-SUPER-SKYRIDER YAESU-FT-000301D