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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile HF transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.3 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 80 / 40 / 20 / 15 / 10 / 6 m 0.250-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? 80 / 40 / 20 m: reasonable
50 / 10 / 6 m: barely adequate
0.12 µV, –125 dBm for 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? >70 dB at –1 kHz and +4 kHz ref SCF USB
Filters ? ? 2.4 kHz standard (500 Hz, 2.7 kHz optional)
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SDR Processing Architecture: DSP, 456 MHz, 32-bit FPGA, 500,000 gate MCU, ARM9, 300 MHz 32-bit
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? >70 dB
Audio output ? ? Less than 3 dB variation from 300 Hz to 3 kHz (with optional 2.7 kHz filter)

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m / 160 m optional - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   DSB   FSK   RTTY   - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 100 W (180 W INPUT) ? 125 W PEP ±1 dB (two-tone or voice), user-programmable (low / medium / high)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (115 V AC) or 13.8 V DC 10.8 to 15 V DC (12 V Nominal)
Current RX - ? 500 mA (backlight min, audio muted)
TX ? - 12.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 196x Between 197x and 197x Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 457 × 222 × 381 mm
(17.99 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
? 210 × 270 × 65 mm
(8.27 × 10.63 × 2.56 in)
Weight 40.80 kg (90.0 lbs) ? 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) RF-unit + handset
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 1000 channels in 20 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Tunable BFO for SSB/CW Up to 500 contact list entries
USB (via Handset or Console)
Serial RS232 (supports NMEA-0183 GPS)
Ethernet (TCP/IP, supports remote control)
Auxiliary GPIO (audio in/out, PTT, RS232) on Envoy™ X2 model
Ingress Protection: IP43, MIL-STD-810G method 510.5
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN CENTRAL-ELECTRONICS-000100V LAFAYETTE-HA-000800B CODRADI013