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HF Receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.15-2600 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 0.5-1.5 MHz, AM: 5 µV, SSB: 0.9 µV, FM: 0.9 µV
1.5-30 MHz, AM: 1 µV, SSB: 0.3 µV, FM: 0.35 µV
30-1000 MHz, AM: 1 µV, SSB: 0.3 µV, FM: 0.35 µV
1000-1500 MHz, AM: 1.5 µV, SSB: 0.5 µV, FM: 0.4 µV
1500-2600 MHz, AM: 3 µV, SSB: 1 µV, FM: 0.4 µV
0.35 µV
Selectivity 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB)
FM-N1: 6 kHz (-6 dB)
FM-N2: 15 kHz (-6 dB)
FM-N3: 50 kHz (-6 dB)
W-FM: 230 kHz (-6 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz (-6 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
? Software defined
Image rejection 50 dB 65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC + SMA SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.5-15V DC or mains Drawn from ISA-bus 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX Max 750 mA ? 410 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1981 in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
290 × 115 × mm
(11.42 × 4.53 × 0.00 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) ? 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station PC-card Headless

Other features

Memories None ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Internal ISA. DSP. Trunking option Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HR-001680 WINRADIO-WR-003500I-DSP EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO