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Collins 75A-3

Collins 75A-3


Introduction Date / Price: 1952 / $530
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Description:

The Collins 75A-3 is a dual conversion receiver covering the 160 thru 10 meter amateur bands. Selectivity choices include four positions for the crystal filter and a switch for mechanical filter selection in the 455 kc IF stage. This is the first amateur band receiver to incorporate a mechanical filter design. There are provisions for 2 plug-in mechanical filters, the 3 kc factory standard and an optional 800 cycle filter for CW. The new mechanical filter offers a rectangular selectivity curve with steep skirts for rejection of adjacent frequency interference. This provides optimum selectivity for single sideband reception. Modes of operation include AM, CW, and SSB. Accurate tuning is accomplished through the use of a slide rule drum dial calibrated in .1 Mc and a vernier dial calibrated in 1 kc increments (2 kc increments on the 10 and 11 meter bands). Separate noise limiters are used for AM and CW operation. An optional 100 kc crystal calibrator (8R-1) is available as a plug-in unit. Other options include a plug-in NBFM adapter (148C-1) and external cabinet mounted speaker (270G-2).

Specifications:

FREQUENCY RANGE:
160 Meters: 1.5 - 2.5 Mc
80/75 Meters: 3.2 - 4.2 Mc
40 Meters: 6.8 - 7.8 Mc
20 Meters: 14.0 - 15.0 Mc
15 Meters: 20.8 - 21.8 Mc
11 Meters: 26.0 - 28.0 Mc
10 Meters: 28.0 - 30.0 Mc

MODES:
AM, CW, SSB

TYPE OF SERVICE:
Fixed Station operation.

POWER REQUIREMENTS:
115 vac, 50-60 cycles; power consumption is approximately 85 watts.

IMAGE AND SPURIOUS REJECTION:
Image and IF rejection better than 50 dB.

CALIBRATOR:
100 kc crystal oscillator (optional).

FREQUENCY STABILITY:
Drift is negligible after warm-up.

BANDSPREAD:
Approximately ten turns of the vernier dial per frequency range.

VISUAL DIAL ACCURACY:
Within 1 kc (160 - 15 meter bands), within 2 kc (10 and 11 meter bands).

SENSITIVITY:
2 uv for 6 dB signal-to-noise ratio.

SELECTIVITY:
3 kc Mechanical Filter: 3 kc nominal (6.0 dB points); 6.5 kc (60 dB points).
800 cps Optional Mechanical Filter: 800 cps nominal (6.0 dB points); 1.8 kc (60 dB points).
Crystal Filter: 40 cycles nominal (6.0 dB points); 4.0 kc (60 dB points).

AVC:
Audio output level is within 6 dB for an RF input change of 5 uv to .5 v.

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR:
70E-12 permeability tuned oscillator (PTO).

ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE:
50 to 150 ohms nominal (unbalanced, balanced).

AUDIO OUTPUT LEVEL:
2.5 watt at AGC threshold.

AUDIO OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS:
Speaker: 3-4 ohms / 500 ohms.

PROTECTIVE DEVICES:
Fuse in ac line.

SIZE:
Receiver: 21 1/8" W, 12 1/2" H, 13 1/4" D.

WEIGHT:
70 lbs (shipping wt).



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