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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Marine SSB Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less then ± 20 hz (0-40 °C) 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 1 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 1.6-12 MHz 1600-4300 kHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? J3E (SSB) <10 dB/µV for 20 dB SINAD
H3E (AM) <24 dB/µV for 20 dB SINAD
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Selectivity ? J3E (SSB) 350 Hz to 2700 Hz at -6 dB
H3E (AM) ±3.3 kHz at -6 dB
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Filters 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system superheterodyne Double conversion super heterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st IF 70 MHz. 2nd 10.73 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-12 MHz 1600-4300 kHz 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 30/100 W 600 W PEP 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna BNC + Built-in telescopic - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24/12V DC, 110/220V AC 21.6 - 31.2 V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 0.9 A 1.7 A
TX ? 13 A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1988 in East Germany Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? ? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 94 Quick-select channels
Manual antenna tuner
One key selection of 2192 kHz distress frequency
Membrane keypad
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-SEG-000100 SAILOR-T002131 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M