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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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HF/VHF SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz Continuous 1 p.p.b.

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 80-10 m 0.005-31 / 60-260 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? 15 MHz: 0.022 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
64-118 MHz: 0.021 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
118-260 MHz: 0.02 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? Tracking RF filters
Receiver system ? ? Direct sampling SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? 120 dB
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 80-10 m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   All mode   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
RF-output 100-120W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - USB

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 5 V DC (USB port)
Current RX 3 A - ?
TX 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 1959 and 19xx in Brazil Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
330 × 240 × 210 mm
(12.99 × 9.45 × 8.27 in)
45 × 10 × 60 mm
(1.77 × 0.39 × 2.36 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? Pre-selectors and Polyphase tracking filters
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 DELTA-000330 AIRSPY-HF+-DISCOVERY