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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF/UHF SWR Analyser | Digital
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz in six bands 1.8-170 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   All mode   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 12 tubes ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - ? 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 15 V DC (10×AA Ni-Cad cells) 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? - 1.7 A
TX - ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1944 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 100 × 50 × 172 mm
(3.94 × 1.97 × 6.77 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000120X MFJ-000259B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M