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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Direct sampling HF/VHF Receiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability 300 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/30/40 m 0.9-52 / 74-108 / 135-160 MHz 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S/N) HF 9kHz-52MHz MDS: -132dBm @ 14MHz, Clipping lev -8dBm
FM 74-108MHz sensitivity <2uV 12dB SINAD @ 98MHz, Clip lev -3dBm
VHF 135-160MHz MDS -137dBm @ 145MHz, Clipping Level -19dBm
?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
≥ 100 dB, Software defined ?
Filters ? ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters
Receiver system ? SDR / direct conversion SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/30/40 m - ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/1kΩ
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5 V DC (USB) ?
Current RX ? ? 185-320 mA
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 2012 and 201x in Italy Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
110 × 40 × 90 mm
(4.33 × 1.57 × 3.54 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 360 gr (12.7 oz) 110 gr (3.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Separate inputs Antenna for HF / 6m and FM / VHF / Bypass
WFM Stereo decoder with RDS decoder
61.44 MHz sampling frequency
32-bit
USB 2.0
USB-powered
USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000003 ELAD-FDM-S000002 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO