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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. (0 °C to + 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands 130-2200 kHz in 4 bands 0.1-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity 3 µV above 1500 kHz
8 µV for lower frequencies
? SSB (1b dB S/N): 0.5-0.13 µV
AM (10 dB S/N): 6.3-1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.22 µV
Selectivity 2 kHz @ -2.5 dB
5 kHz @ -35 dB
250 Hz SSB/FSK/PSK: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB
AM: 6.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 12.0 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 12.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 25.0 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 500 Hz, 2.7 kHz, 6 kHz and 15 kHz (optional 270 Hz)
Receiver system Superheterodyne Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 450 kHz 110 kHz 1st: 8.248 MHz
2nd: 24 kHz (FM: 36 kHz)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W 1.5 W into 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC + 60 m + 6 m
EU version: 4 m (70 MHz)
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output ? ? Max 100 W (AM 25 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? ? 3 A max
TX - - 22.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in Great Britain Between 1943 and 194x in Great Britain Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 520 × 305 × 342 mm
(20.47 × 12.01 × 13.46 in)
? 410 × 158 × 387 mm
(16.14 × 6.22 × 15.24 in)
Weight 22.90 kg (50.5 lbs) ? 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Built-in auto antenna tuner (ATU)
7 inch color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000358/I EDDYSTONE-000400B KENWOOD-TS-000890S