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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-20 m 0.54-31 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-20 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)  
RF-output 100 W ? 8 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - BNC
Impedance 52Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12, 28 V DC or mains ? 9-15 V DC, 3200 mAh Li-ion
Current RX ? ? 550 mA
TX ? - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 19xx in USA Between 1959 and 1964 in USA Between 2024 and 202x in China
Dimensions ? ? 180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in antenna tuner
4" color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-KWM-000001 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000060 XIEGU-X006200