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Mobile Transceiver
Shortwave / 6m SDR Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.255 MHz 0.85-70.5 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   All mode   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? SDR Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.255 MHz - -
Modulations AM   - -
RF-output ? ? -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 5 V DC (via USB) Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX ? 320 mA 80 W
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2012 and 20xx in Great Britain Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 185 × 38 × 110 mm
(7.28 × 1.50 × 4.33 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight ? ? 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SYDIMPORT-PR-000005 CROSS-COUNTRY-WIRELESS-SDR-000004+ EDDYSTONE-000730/8