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Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-60 MHz 10-160 m 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters Software controlled ? ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct conversion, low IF Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz 1st: 2195 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6m - 160-6 m
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 10% Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 1.5A ? 1.7 A
TX 25A max - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
419 × 254 × 254 mm
(16.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Headless Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SDR (Software Defined Radio) ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000A RME-004350 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M