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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ? 10 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 0.01-30 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   ISB   AM   N-AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N ? Mode 0.1-0.5 MHz 0.5-2.0 MHz 2.0-30 MHz
AM* 2.0µV 0.5µV 0.4µV
LSB, USB 0.7µV 0.3µV 0.2µV
CW 0.3µV 0.2µV 0.1µV

(10dB S+N/N)
* 80% modulation
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -60 dB
? Continuously adjustable 100-15000 Hz
Filters 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system ? ? DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W (80-15m), 80 W (10m) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 24V DC or mains 12V DC
Current RX ? Max 40 W 500mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 Between 1982 and 1992 in Sweden Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
483 × 133 × 330 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 12.99 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
Weight ? 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 467 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features 100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
Remote control. ISB option. DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000102 SRT-CR000091 WINRADIO-WR-G000033EM