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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  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 Continuous Continuous 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 20-80 m 0.535-33 MHz in 6 bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 17 tubes ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2075/1550 kHz
2nd: 50 kHz (!)
?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 10 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 20-80 m - 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output SSB: 500 W (PEP input), CW: 300 W (input) ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1965 in USA Between 1954 and 1955 in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 508 × 235 × 444 mm
(20.00 × 9.25 × 17.48 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 34.00 kg (75.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000500-TORNADO HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000088 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400