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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? 1 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 5 kHz - 2000 MHz 1.6-12 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-12 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? 30/100 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or Mains 24/12V DC, 110/220V AC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX Max 30 W ? 1.7 A
TX - ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 2000 in USA Between 1975 and 1988 in East Germany Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 483 × 44 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 1.73 × 19.69 in)
? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000095S-1A RFT-SEG-000100 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M