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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-20 MHz 2-32 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 9 tube superhet Single conversion, 29 valves SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 495 kHz 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output External speaker or headphones ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output - ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω ? 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6/170V ? Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX ? ? 20 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1932 and 1934 in USA Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories External power supply 5886AB ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-AGS RCA-SRR-000013A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R