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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Within 300 Hz if the nearest 100 kHz calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30.5 MHz in 30 bands 0.01-30 MHz 1.8-70 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Band 1: Less than 15 µV for 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: Less than 5 µV for 10 dB S/N
SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
?
Selectivity 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
?
Filters ? 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple Conversion Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 80 dB ?
Audio output External 270G-3 Speaker, 2.5 W 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.8-70 MHz
Modulations - - All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 1 kW @ 50 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110-120 / 220-240 V AC) Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC
Current RX 85 W 3 A (60 W) ?
TX - - 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-3 DRAKE-R000007A HILBERLING-HPA-008000B