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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / 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  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.48-30 MHz - 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 13 tubes ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   -
RF-output ? AM: 100 W, CW: 130 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? - ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 1969 in Great Britain Between 1952 and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 425 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 10 x XTAL selector (VFO option), 2 x 6146 finals. Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000940 E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-II AOR-AR-ALPHA-II