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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF Surveillance Receiver
Direct sampling HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 20-80 MHz 0.02-170 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   DSB  
Sensitivity 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
AM ca. 0,5 μV
FM ca. 1,2 μV
0.39 µV
Selectivity 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
4 / 10 / 50 kHz @ -6 dB ≥ 100 dB, Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne SDR / direct conversion
IF-freqs. 720 kHz 10 MHz / 455 kHz ?
Image rejection 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1 W @ 10% THD Requires headphones or external speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 or 24V DC Mains (220 V AC) 5 V DC (USB)
Current RX Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC 16 W ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 2012 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
483 × 90 × 478 mm
(19.02 × 3.54 × 18.82 in)
108 × 27 × 90 mm
(4.25 × 1.06 × 3.54 in)
Weight 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 180 gr (6.4 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 61.44 MHz sampling frequency
32-bit
USB 2.0
USB-powered
Accessories ? DRO-290 Digital Nixie-tube display ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-000521A-1 ELAD-FDM-S000001