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Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 50 MHz 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations AM   - All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters. Ten high-selectivity front-end filters
Receiver system ? Single conversion SDR
IF-freqs. ? 601.3 kHz Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50 MHz - ?
Modulations AM   - -
RF-output 10 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) SMA
Impedance ? 50Ω 50/1kΩ
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 200-250V AC / 12V DC ?
Current RX ? 60 W 185-320 mA
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 194x and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions ? 413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
Weight ? 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs) 110 gr (3.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GONSET-COMMUNICATOR-000006-METER MARCONI-R001475-RG44 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO