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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Amateur HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz ? 1 Hz, Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 10-80 m 0.01-55 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity 1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? Software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system ? ? Direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection Greater than 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - Multiple (Software defined)  
RF-output 100-120W 100 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC ?
Current RX 3 A ? ?
TX 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
? 265 × 80 × 220 mm
(10.43 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
Weight 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-HF-000380 TEN-TEC-TRITON-IV-DIGITAL-(000544) APACHE-LABS-ANAN-000100