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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ? ±1 ppm (0-50°C) 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 0.005-30 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
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 ? 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
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 ? Digital signal processing DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum 100 dB
Audio output ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1954 and 1985 in USA Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 2010 and 20xx
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
?
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT
DSP
DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390A/URR TEN-TEC-RX-000340 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR'