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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Deluxe Base Station CB Transceiver
Direct Sampling SDR HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ± 0.003%, PLL-synthesizer ±0.25 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz Channelized 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 26,065-28,305 MHz 0.1-54 MHz (2 m/70 cm optional)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz AM: 1.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 1.0 µV (20 dB S/N)
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Selectivity 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
AM/FM: 4 kHz @ -5 dB, 10 kHz @ -50 dB
SSB: 2 kHz @ -5 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct-sampling SDR
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.695 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 50 dB ?
Audio output 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 3 W @ 10 THD into 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26,065-28,305 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m (2m / 70cm optional)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? CW/AM/FM: 10 W, SSB: 21 W 0.1-10 / 0.1-100

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10-15V DC Mains 12-15V DC
Current RX ? ? 2 A
TX - 90 W max 23 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2019 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
? 343 × 114 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 4.49 × 10.00 in)
Weight 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) ? 4.54 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 3000 channels in 1 bank(s) 144 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232 SWR / Power meter
Roger beep
Echo
AGC
Noise blanker
Modular hybrid design for easy upgrade and expansion
DSP 7" color touch
display
HDMI video output
Ethernet jack
Remote control
Single or dual panadapter
USB-jacks
RS-232C
Transverter I/O
Iambic keyer
Twin RX
Real-time clock
Built-in help system
Linux-based computing module
Accessories ? ? Comes with KDIV4 option, a second set of band-pass filters and additional direct-sampling ADC module
MPN LOWE-HF-000250 GALAXY-SSB-ECHO ELECRAFT-K000004D