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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Direct sampling HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? 10 ppm per °C (2 ppm per °C at 2182 kHz) ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 0.3-0.55 / 1.5-30 MHz in 5 bands + 2182 kHz 0.02-170 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   DSB  
Sensitivity ? 300-550 kHz
15 µV for 15 dB S/N

1.5-30 MHz
5 µV for 15 dB S/N
0.39 µV
Selectivity ? 7 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-40 dB)
≥ 100 dB, Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne Single conversion SDR / direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? 720 kHz ?
Image rejection ? 85 dB (65 dB for 0.3-0.55 MHz) ?
Audio output ? 1 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 12 or 24V DC 5 V DC (USB)
Current RX ? Max 250 mA @ 13.8 VDC ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 1970 and 197x in Great Britain Between 2012 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions ? 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
108 × 27 × 90 mm
(4.25 × 1.06 × 3.54 in)
Weight ? 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs) 180 gr (6.4 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning ? 61.44 MHz sampling frequency
32-bit
USB 2.0
USB-powered
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000670A EDDYSTONE-EC000010A2 ELAD-FDM-S000001