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Desktop VHF Receiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 30-50 / 152-174 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
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Selectivity ? 10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps) ?
Filters ? Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz ?
Receiver system ? DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 100 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations - - All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 1 kW @ 50 W input

Connections

Antenna - SMA N-type
Impedance ? 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 12V DC Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX - - 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2010 and 20xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions ? ? 425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
Weight ? ? 19.80 kg (43.7 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 ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000002 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR' HILBERLING-HPA-008000B-54