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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with TCXO-2 option
Tuning steps ? Continuous 10 / 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 10-160 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW (2.4 kHz): ≤ 0.25 µV
AM (6 kHz): ≤ 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): ≤ 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz: 2.2 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.0 kHz @ -60 dB
2.0 kHz: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.6 kHz @ -60 dB
500 Hz: 500 Hz @ -6 dB / 1.8 kHz @ -60 dB
250 Hz: 240 Hz @ -6 dB / 700 Hz @ -60 dB
W-AM: 6 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 500 Hz CW
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 47.21 / 10.94 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB or better
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 2 W into 4 Ohm at 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 100 W 100 W (25 W AM)

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 (16.5-150)Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 60 VA
TX - ? 470 VA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1991 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 368 × 129 × 370 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 14.57 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? 13.00 kg (28.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) None 90 channels in 1 bank(s)
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 YAESU-FT-000990