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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF Transceiver | Color LCD | ATU | DSP
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. (0 - 50°C) ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40 m 0.03-60 MHz 0.01-60 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
Filters ? 3 / 6 / 15 kHz Software controlled
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF
IF-freqs. ? ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands)
Audio output ? ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40 m 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 160-6m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 100 W 100/100 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 10%
Current RX ? ? 1.5A
TX ? 23 A 30A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x in Korea Between 2008 and 201x in Japan Between 2008 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
? 449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Wide screen color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 encoder/decoder IP3 = +30 dBm
DSP
Spectrum scope
USB-connectors
Transverter port
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000003DP ICOM-IC-007600 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C