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Desktop Shortwave receiver
DSP Shortwave transceiver
Direct Sampling SDR HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. standard (0.1 p.p.m. optional) ±0.25 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps Continuous 10 Hz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-2.7 / 2.7-4.7 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz 0.1-54 MHz (2 m/70 cm optional)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity Better than 10 µV 1 µV (16 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? -6 dB: 300-2700 Hz
-60 dB: 400-3400 Hz
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Filters ? Additional bandwidths DSP selectable (300 / 600 / 1000 Hz) ?
Receiver system ? DSP Direct-sampling SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 90 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3W at less than 5% distortion into 4 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m (2m / 70cm optional)
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? 25 / 100 W PEP 0.1-10 / 0.1-100

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 13.6 V DC (24 V DC optional) 12-15V DC
Current RX 70 mA @ 100-150 VAC ? 2 A
TX - ? 23 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 196x in Great Britain Between 2014 and 201x Between 2019 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 430 × 220 × 250 mm
(16.93 × 8.66 × 9.84 in)
305 × 105 × 300 mm
(12.01 × 4.13 × 11.81 in)
343 × 114 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 4.49 × 10.00 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 4.54 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 144 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Remote control up to 100m
ALC
Modular hybrid design for easy upgrade and expansion
DSP 7" color touch
display
HDMI video output
Ethernet jack
Remote control
Single or dual panadapter
USB-jacks
RS-232C
Transverter I/O
Iambic keyer
Twin RX
Real-time clock
Built-in help system
Linux-based computing module
Accessories ? ? Comes with KDIV4 option, a second set of band-pass filters and additional direct-sampling ADC module
MPN EDDYSTONE-000909A EDDYSTONE-ORION-007000 ELECRAFT-K000004D