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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  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 ? Continuous 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 80-6 m 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 3 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 160-6 m
Modulations CW   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 30 W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (105-125 V AC) 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX - ? 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1960 and 1964 in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 400 × 222 × 228 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 8.98 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? ? ?
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 XTAL or external VFO ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-ADVENTURER NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000270 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M