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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / 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 ? ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.15-2600 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? 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
Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
Selectivity ? 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 ? ? DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
Image rejection ? 65 dB 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary BNC + SMA SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Drawn from ISA-bus ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 290 × 115 × mm
(11.42 × 4.53 × 0.00 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight ? ? 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Base Station PC-card Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Internal ISA. DSP. Trunking option DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000104 WINRADIO-WR-003500I-DSP WINRADIO-WR-G000313E