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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  None  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F)
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 77.5-80 / 410-412.5 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity - ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Selectivity - ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system - ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. - ? ?
Image rejection - ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Audio output - ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output CW: 150 W (input), AM: 120 W (input) ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W

Connections

Antenna - TV-antenne SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground)
Current RX - ? 2 A max
TX ? - 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1951 and 195x in USA Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 537 × 316 × 352 mm
(21.14 × 12.44 × 13.86 in)
140 × 50 × 190 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 7.48 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 47.60 kg (105.0 lbs) ? 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000032V-3 COMMANDER-000193 ICOM-IC-000718