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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-80 m 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? 0.5µV (10dB S/N) ?
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 2W @ 3.2 ohms 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? AM: 300 W, SSB: 570 W (PEP), CW: 570 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 25/100 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 1958 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? ? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000300 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-001000 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600