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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz drift per 30 minutes 10 ppm (0 to 60° C) ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.8-30 MHz incl. WWV 0.15-1500 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) AM/SSB/CW: 10dB S/N
FM-N/FM-W: 12dB SINAD

Mode 0.15-1.5 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 30-1000 MHz 1-1.5 GHz
AM 25µV 1µV 1µV 1.9µV
SSB 0.9µV 0.3µV 0.3µV 0.4µV
FM N 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV
FM W - - 1.0µV 1.0µV
?
Selectivity 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
600 Hz @ -6 dB / 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB with CW filter
SSB/CW 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W 230 kHz @ 6dB
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Filters ? ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? 65dB ?
Audio output 3 W 0.2W (8 ohm load) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output SSB: 260 W PEP, CW: 180 W, AM: 80 W ? 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 12 V DC ? Mains
Current RX 0.5 A ? ?
TX 21 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1978 Between 199x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 15.20 kg (33.5 lbs) ? 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 computer interface DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FT-000277 WINRADIO-WR-001550E YAESU-FTDX005000MP