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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Wideband / Multiband Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.01 p.p.m. with optional GPS unit 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz from 30 MHz-512 MHz
100 Hz from 513 MHz-2 GHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 40 kHz - 3150 MHz (cellular blocked for US consumer version) Narrowband: 30-90 / 90-225 / 225-512 MHz
Wideband: 225-2000 MHz
SATCOM: 243-270 / 292-318 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 4 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2 µV
1000-2400 MHz: 2.5 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 0.7 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 1 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 1.8 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.2 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-2400 MHz: 0.3 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 0.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1 µV
?
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
5.5 kHz (-3 dB), 6.9 kHz (-80 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
14.2 kHz (-3 dB), 15.6 kHz (-80 dB)
W-FM (BW=200 Hz)
200 kHz (-3 dB), 250 kHz (-80 dB)
SSB (BW=3 kHz)
2.7 kHz (-3 dB), 3.1 kHz (-80 dB)
CW (BW=500 Hz)
380 Hz (-3 dB), 500 Hz (-80 dB)
Narrowband: 8.33 / 12.5 / 25
Wideband: 0.5 / 1.2 / 2.5 / 5 MHz
SATCOM: 5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? 200 / 500 Hz / 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 100 / 200 / 300 kHz + IF shift ability ?
Receiver system ? DSP Direct conversion (40 kHz - 25 MHz) Double conversion (25-200 / 420-3150 MHz) Triple conversion (200-420 MHz) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 295 / 1704.5 MHz
2nd: 45 / 294.5 MHz
3rd: 45 MHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - Narrowband: 30-90 / 90-225 / 225-512 MHz
Wideband: 225-2000 MHz
SATCOM: 243-270 / 292-318 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM   APCO-25  
RF-output ? ? 20 W (VHF), 10 W (UHF)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + N-type BNC + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 10.7-16 V DC 19-34 V DC
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX ? - 55 W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
188 × 94 × 343 mm
(7.40 × 3.70 × 13.50 in)
Weight ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) with battery
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 45 channels/second 100 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? CTCSS/DCS/DTMF
Auto-notch
NR and NB
USB and RS-232C ports
SD-card slot for digital recording and/or memory backup
45 MHz IF output
Spectrum scope
I/Q output option
Built-in voice-inversion descrambling
Ethernet
RS-232 / RS-422
USB
SAASM (Commercial GPS optional)
MIL-STD-810G
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000104A AOR-AR-005001D HARRIS-AN/PRC-000117G