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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 480 kHz - 30 MHz in five bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ 2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne, 15 tubes SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m -
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   -
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 15% Mains
Current RX 80 W 2.0 A 65 W
TX - 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1962 in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 21.30 kg (47.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features • ¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Rack Handles • Calibrator 100 kHz • RF Gain • BFO ±3 kHz • Mute • 140:1 Tune Ratio • Standby • NL • Dial Lamp • Dimmer (back panel) • AVC ON/OFF • Flywheel Tuning SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000680X FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600 EDDYSTONE-000504