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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 26.925-28.025 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.33 µV for 10 dB S+N/N at 10m (2 kHz bandwidth) ? 0.35 µV
Selectivity SSB: 2 kHz, 1.5:1 (-6 dB)
FSK: 1200 Hz, 2:1

Optional:
CW: 400 Hz, 4:1 and 300 Hz, 2:1
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W ? None

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 26.925-28.025 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   SSB   -
RF-output 1-150 W (130 W max above 28 MHz) ? W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (115/230 V, 50-400 Hz) ? 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX 100 W ? 410 mA max
TX 400 W ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1973 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 413 × 184 × 356 mm
(16.26 × 7.24 × 14.02 in)
? 25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 15.90 kg (35.1 lbs) ? 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Advanced features for such an old radio.
60 dB attenuator
VFO Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000007B SILTRONIX-001011C EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO