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

General

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  2000m  ?
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ?
Tuning steps Continuous 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 0.01-30 MHz 0.495-2450 MHz (Cellular blocked in the U.S.)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   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
SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
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 @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 80 dB ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 3.6-6.3V DC
Current RX 85 W 3 A (60 W) 53-210 mA (backlight and TFT off)
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
61 × 120 × 33 mm
(2.40 × 4.72 × 1.30 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 450 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in color TFT screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 DRAKE-R000007A ICOM-IC-R000003