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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Receiver | Solid state
Amateur SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-15 m 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands 1 kHz - 2 GHz
Modulations USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio ? ?
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Super-Heterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne SDR
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% THD (max 3 W) Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-15 m - ?
Modulations USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 135 W PEP ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 40-100Ω 50Ω 50/1000Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (110/220 V AC) ?
Current RX 35 W ? ?
TX 165 W - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in USA Between 1971 and 1982 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 298 × 140 × 260 mm
(11.73 × 5.51 × 10.24 in)
368 × 148 × 203 mm
(14.49 × 5.83 × 7.99 in)
?
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? BFO
S-Meter
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SBE-SB-000033 HEATHKIT-SW-000717 BONITO-SDRPLAY-RSPDUO