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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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 ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 5 kHz - 2000 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
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Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/RTTY (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <2.8 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (BW=500 H
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 64.455 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
3rd: 36 KHz
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Image rejection ? >70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/50-54 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? 5-100/5-100 W (AM: 5-40 W) 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX Max 30 W Max 3.5 A 1.7 A
TX - Max 23 A 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 2000 in USA Between 2000 and 2001 in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 483 × 44 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 1.73 × 19.69 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF-DSP. Built-in auto-AT (HF: 16.7-150 ohms / 6 m: 20-125 ohms) Built-in keyer and RTTY demodulator. Twin RX SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000095S-1A ICOM-IC-000756-PRO FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M