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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Channelized Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 26.925-28.025 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations - AM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.35 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters. ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. 601.3 kHz ? Software defined
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.925-28.025 MHz -
Modulations - AM   SSB   -
RF-output ? ? W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 200-250V AC / 12V DC ? 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX 60 W ? 410 mA max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 19xx Between 1973 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
? 25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs) ? 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VFO Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MARCONI-R001475-RG44 SILTRONIX-001011C EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO