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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
DIGITAL SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-31 MHz 0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (excl. cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   DMR   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? FM (12 dB SINAD unless otherwise noted)
VHF Low: 0.2 µV
VHF Aircraft (AM): 0.4 µV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF Low 300-406: 0.8 µV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV
1240 -1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity 4.5 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires external speaker ? Built-in 36 mm 8 Ohms dynamic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 28 V DC DC 4.8-6 Volts (4 AA batteries) or 5 V DC USB
Current RX ? 3 A max 170 mA typical
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1958 and 1960 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
135 × 67 × 28 mm
(5.31 × 2.64 × 1.10 in)
Weight 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs) 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) Without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 1000000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SP-200 speaker ? • Functional keypad and backlit LCD display
• USA/Canada Radio Reference database on SD Card
• Quick Location based Programming (City, Zip,
County)
• Detects and masks encrypted voice audio
• Decodes Radio ID/Talkgroup ID data
• Upgradeable CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware and
Database Library
• USB Interface 2.0 or earlier
• DMR/MotoTRBO™ Tier II
• Improved P25 Functionality (Phase II, X2-TDMA)
• PC Software to customize your settings
• Signal Strength Meter
• 200 Scanlists
• Weather Radio Function
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000160 MILITARY-BC-000348 WHISTLER-TRX-000001