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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in six bands 0.5-30 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: <0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? AM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: >15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: >2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 12 tubes ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? 100 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 1.2-1.5 A 1.7 A
TX - Max 20 A 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1944 in USA Between 1988 and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 4.70 kg (10.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 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 HAMMARLUND-HQ-000120X ICOM-IC-000725 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M