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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 0.01-60 MHz 40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
3 µV above 1500 kHz
8 µV for lower frequencies
Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
2 kHz @ -2.5 dB
5 kHz @ -35 dB
Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz 450 kHz
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 160-6m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 100-120W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 10% Mains
Current RX 3 A 1.5A ?
TX 20 A 30A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 194x and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
520 × 305 × 342 mm
(20.47 × 12.01 × 13.46 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) 22.90 kg (50.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
SDR (Software Defined Radio) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C EDDYSTONE-000358