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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  ?
Freq. stability ±1 ppm (0-50°C) 4 p.p.m. from 1 min. to 60 min. after power on. 25° C: 1 p.p.m./hour 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz (CW/SSB), 100 Hz (AM/FM) 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 9 kHz - 50 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
Selectivity 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz/4.5 kHz
AM: 6 kHz/20 kHz
FM: 15 kHz/30 kHz
FM-N: 9 kHz/25 kHz
SSB (option):2.3 kHz/4.7 kHz (-66 dB)
CW (option):500 Hz/2.0 kHz
10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps)
Filters ? SSB: 400 Hz-2600 Hz (-6 dB) Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz
Receiver system Digital signal processing Double-Conversion Superheterodyne DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver
IF-freqs. ? 1st : 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM);10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum 60-70 dB 100 dB
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) 1.0 W (8 Ohms, 10% THD or less) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 8NiCd/LR6 or 13.8V DC external 12V DC
Current RX ? 250-450 mA 500 mA
TX - 2.0 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 2010 and 20xx
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
135 × 38 × 165 mm
(5.31 × 1.50 × 6.50 in)
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Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 YAESU-FT-000817 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR'