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Transmitter Exciter
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless Amateur Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 p.p.m. @ -30 to +85°C (-22 to +185°F)
Tuning steps ? ? Software dependent

Receiver

RX-range - 10-160 m + 6 m (1.8-54 MHz) 0.001-2000 MHz
Modulations USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2-32 MHz - ?
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SMA
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (110 / 220 V DC) 5 V DC (USB-C
Current RX - ? < 600 mA
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 1962 and 19xx in Japan Between 2024 and 20xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
385 × 185 × 255 mm
(15.16 × 7.28 × 10.04 in)
200 × 40 × 105 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 4.13 in)
Weight 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TMC-SBE-000003 STAR-SR-000550 SDRPLAY-NRSP-ST