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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave VFO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
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 10-80 m
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)
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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)
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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 160-6m 10-80 m
Modulations CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 25 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% Mains
Current RX - 1.5A -
TX 40 W 30A max ?

Physical

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

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 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C EICO-000722