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HF Receiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands ? 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 ? 1 Hz - 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 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 ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 55 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11-15 V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX Max 100 W 500 mA max 90 VA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 483 × 222 × 400 mm
(19.02 × 8.74 × 15.75 in)
200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 40.00 kg (88.3 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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-000880/2 ELAD-FDM-000077 EDDYSTONE-000770R