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Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  2m  ?
Freq. stability 0.5 p.p.m. (0°C to 60°C) ? ?
Tuning steps 1 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) 144-146 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FM   CW   SSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
FM: 0.15 µV (10 dB)
SSB: 0.06 µV (10 dB)
?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end Single conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
10.7 MHz ?
Image rejection 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ? ?
Audio output 600 ohm line audio ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other USB - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? Max 1.4 A ?
TX - Max 2.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1977 and 197x in West Germany Between 1969 and 1972 in USA
Dimensions 195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
307 × 117 × 260 mm
(12.09 × 4.61 × 10.24 in)
?
Weight 330 gr (11.6 oz) 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Headless Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-G000315E BRAUN-SE-000402 ITT-MACKAY-MARINE-003010C