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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz - 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? Software defined AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 55 dB ?
Audio output 0.75 W ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z -
Impedance 75/400Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 11-15 V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 500 mA max 90 VA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 ELAD-FDM-000077 EDDYSTONE-000770R