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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 0.03-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
? ?
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 720 kHz ? ?
Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws + Hi-Z BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC 12V DC external or 8LR6 internal Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC ? 20 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 199x and xxxx in Great Britain Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 LOWE-HF-000150M FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R