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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR Receiver
Speech processor

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 1 p.p.b. ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 0.005-31 / 60-260 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)   -
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N 15 MHz: 0.022 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
64-118 MHz: 0.021 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
118-260 MHz: 0.02 µV (MDS @ 500 Hz BW)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? Tracking RF filters ?
Receiver system ? Direct sampling SDR ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB 120 dB ?
Audio output ? - ?

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz - ?
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)   -
RF-output 100-120W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - USB -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5 V DC (USB port) ?
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 2019 and 202x in China Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
45 × 10 × 60 mm
(1.77 × 0.39 × 2.36 in)
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Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
Pre-selectors and Polyphase tracking filters ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 AIRSPY-HF+-DISCOVERY KEN PRODUCT-KP-000060