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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  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 ? ? Software defined

Receiver

RX-range - 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations - - 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 10-80 m - -
Modulations AM   CW   - -
RF-output 60 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.5 or 6.3V DC 200-250V AC / 12V DC 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX Standby: Max 3 A 60 W 410 mA max
TX Max 9 A @ 13.5 VDC - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 195x Between 194x and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 165 × 114 × 228 mm
(6.50 × 4.49 × 8.98 in)
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 ? ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 GONSET-G-000077 MARCONI-R001475-RG44 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO