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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 38-55 MHz 150-4000 kHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? External handset ?

Transmitter

TX-range - ? -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 0.9 W ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Proprietary (military) -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 1.5, -6, 67.5 and 135 V DC 12 V DC from battery pack and a built-in voltage converter 12/24/32 V DC 9 V DC from internal batteries
Current RX ? ? 100-300 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 196x and 197x in Sweden by SRA Between 1965 and 196x in Denmark
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
265 × 455 × 85 mm
(10.43 × 17.91 × 3.35 in)
335 × 220 × 150 mm
(13.19 × 8.66 × 5.91 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Marine / Navy
Features ? ? Direction Finding function on all bands
BFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3 MILITARY-RA-000105 SAILOR-000046T