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Desktop VHF Receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Hi-End Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm per °C change in ambient temperature. 0.1 ppm per °C with crystal control. 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C) ± 0.1 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 27-240 MHz 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) General coverage
Modulations AM   FM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 5 µV (100 dB S/N) Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 30 / 200 kHz ? 270 / 500 Hz / 2.7 / 6 kHz
Receiver system Single conversion DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end DSP
IF-freqs. 10.7 MHz 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
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Image rejection ? 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ?
Audio output 500 mW @ 10% THD 600 ohm line audio ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 + 6m
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 200 W max

Connections

Antenna BNC SMA SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12V DC Drawn from PCI interface Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 200x and 200x Between 2013 and 201x
Dimensions 426 × 154 × 342 mm
(16.77 × 6.06 × 13.46 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
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Weight 8.80 kg (19.4 lbs) desktop model 330 gr (11.6 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station PC-card Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Dual TFT display (7" + 3.5")
Band scope
Audio scope
Dual receivers
Triple 32-bit DSPs
Internal automatic antenna tuner (ATU)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000990R WINRADIO-WR-G000315I KENWOOD-TS-000990S