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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  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 50 Hz / 1 / 1.25 / 25 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.830 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 2 W into 4 ohm @ 10% THD ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 100 W (80 W on 10m) ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 292 × 127 × 355 mm
(11.50 × 5.00 × 13.98 in)
? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 10.90 kg (24.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-005400 LAFAYETTE-DYNA-COM-000003B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M