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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ?
Freq. stability ? 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
Selectivity ? 10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps)
Filters ? Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz
Receiver system 16 tubes DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? 100 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 2010 and 20xx
Dimensions ? ?
Weight ? ?
Form factor Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Accessories ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000381 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR'