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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001-10.000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54.32 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz 0.01-60 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV
Preamp on: 0.3 µV
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
Selectivity ? ? CW 500/640 (–6 to 60 dB)
SSB 2.39/2.54 (–6 to 60 dB)
AM 6.6/6.74 (–6 to 60 dB)
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system ? ? Direct conversion, low IF
IF-freqs. ? ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz
Image rejection ? ? 160-10m: 96dB or better6m: 71 dB or better
Audio output ? ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers

Transmitter

TX-range 10, 11, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m - 160-6m
Modulations CW   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 10 W ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 7.2V DC internal or 6-16V DC external 13.8V DC ±10%
Current RX ? 15-300 mA 1.5A
TX ? - 25A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 1990 and 19xx Between 2009 and 20xx
Dimensions 324 × 178 × 197 mm
(12.76 × 7.01 × 7.76 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
311 × 44 × 311 mm
(12.24 × 1.73 × 12.24 in)
Weight 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz) 4.08 kg (9.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 100000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000075 ICOM-IC-R000001 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-003000