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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions Regular broadcast and SW bands 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Regenerative ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (110 V AC) Li-ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 2014 and 201x in China
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
? 51 × 125 × 25 mm
(2.01 × 4.92 × 0.98 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) ? 120 gr (4.2 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

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
? VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C HEATHKIT-K-000002 BAOFENG-GT-000003-MARK-II