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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? 10 ppm (0 to 60 C) 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz kHz 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.0 / 3.5-4.1 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-28.5 / 28.5-29.1 / 29.1-29.7 MHz
9 kHz - 30 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   N-AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N Mode 0.009-0.1 MHz 0.1-2 MHz 2-30 MHz
AM 9.0V 2.2V 0.9V
LSB, USB 3.0V 0.7V 0.3V
CW 1.2V 0.2V 0.1V
FM3, FM6, FMN 2.2V 0.4V 0.2V
Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
Selectivity 0.5 / 1 / 2.1 / 3.8 kHz @ -6 dB AM 6 kHz
AMN 4 kHz
AMS 4 kHz
LSB, USB 2.5 kHz
CW 500 Hz
FM3 3 kHz
FM6 6 kHz
FMN 12 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. 3500 / 450 kHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB
Audio output Requires external speaker. 3 W output ? 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA SMA
Impedance 50-80Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Drawn from ISA-bus From PCI interface
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 200x and 200x Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 407 × 215 × 332 mm
(16.02 × 8.46 × 13.07 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless PC-card

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN K.W.-ELECTRONICS-000077 WINRADIO-WR-G000303E WINRADIO-WR-G000313I