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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range - - 0.01-60 MHz
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
Selectivity ? ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
Filters ? ? Software controlled
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF
IF-freqs. ? ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands)
Audio output ? ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 10-80 m 160-6m
Modulations CW   CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 25 W 40 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC ± 10%
Current RX - - 1.5A
TX 40 W ? 30A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2008 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 240 × 335 × 254 mm
(9.45 × 13.19 × 10.00 in)
? 449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
Weight 11.35 kg (25.0 lbs) ? 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features XTAL & VFO ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-NAVIGATOR EICO-000723 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C