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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
DSP Shortwave transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C) 1 p.p.m. standard (0.1 p.p.m. optional)
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 0.15-1500 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
1 µV (16 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
-6 dB: 300-2700 Hz
-60 dB: 400-3400 Hz
Filters ? ? Additional bandwidths DSP selectable (300 / 600 / 1000 Hz)
Receiver system ? ? DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 65dB ?
Audio output ? 0.2W (8 ohm load) 3W at less than 5% distortion into 4 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m
160 m optional
- 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output 60 W ? 25 / 100 W PEP

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.6 V DC (24 V DC optional)
Current RX - ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1968 Between 199x and 200x Between 2014 and 201x
Dimensions 171 × 91 × 144 mm
(6.73 × 3.58 × 5.67 in)
? 305 × 105 × 300 mm
(12.01 × 4.13 × 11.81 in)
Weight 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) ? 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232 computer interface Remote control up to 100m
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HX-000050 WINRADIO-WR-001500E EDDYSTONE-ORION-007000