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Headless Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations All mode   AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
? Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 5 selectable from 34 built in ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Digital Signal Processing ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection > 60 dB ? 74 dB typical
Audio output 1 Watts at 4 Ohms ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? ? 1 - 10 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 / 600Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains ? 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? ? 550 mA
TX - - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 199x in UK Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
? 165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) ? 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
? Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) LOWE-HF-000160 TEN-TEC-000539