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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave VFO

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 10-160 m 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 10-80 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? -
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? ?
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C KENWOOD-TS-000520SE EICO-000722