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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Direct sampling HF/VHF Receiver
Single Band SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 80m  40m  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability 300 Hz ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/30/40 m 0.9-52 / 74-108 / 135-160 MHz One of the following bands: 80 / 40 / 20 / 17 / 15 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   SSB  
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
≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
≥ 100 dB, Software defined ?
Filters ? ? 6-pole crystal filter
Receiver system ? SDR / direct conversion Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3.5mm connector, mono output

Transmitter

TX-range 15/30/40 m - One of the following bands: 80 / 40 / 20 / 17 / 15 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - SSB  
RF-output 100 W ? 2 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5 V DC (USB) 12~13.8 V
Current RX ? ? 30 mA
TX ? - 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 2012 and 201x in Italy Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
110 × 40 × 90 mm
(4.33 × 1.57 × 3.54 in)
153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 360 gr (12.7 oz) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? None
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
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Accessories ? ? -
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000003 ELAD-FDM-S000002 CRKITS-CS-SERIES