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Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? Software defined ?

Receiver

RX-range 2-20 MHz in 4 bands 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling) 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters. ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters
Receiver system Single conversion Direct down conversion, software defined SDR
IF-freqs. 601.3 kHz Software defined Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? None ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SMA SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/1kΩ
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 200-250V AC / 12V DC 5 V DC (USB 2.0) ?
Current RX 60 W 410 mA max 185-320 mA
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
Weight 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs) 43 gr (1.5 oz) 110 gr (3.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s) ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MARCONI-R001475-RG44 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO SDRPLAY-RSPDUO