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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability Less than 100 Hz per hour drift after 10 minute warm up ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) 10 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 0.1-30 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   N-AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz 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
34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz Continuously adjustable 100-15000 Hz
Filters 2.1 kHz 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ? >60 dB typical 60 dB
Audio output 2 W 1 watt 4 Ohm ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8 V DC or mains 12V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A 500mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 1975 Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
Weight ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 467 gr (1.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features 100 kHz crystal calibrator
Triple Action Level Control
VOX
PTT
DSP DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000102 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 WINRADIO-WR-G000033EM