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Mobile Shortwave receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver
Mobile Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 1 kHz Software defined ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-29.999 MHz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling) 0.03-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.35 µV Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Direct down conversion, software defined ?
IF-freqs. ? Software defined ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? None ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.5-29.999 MHz - 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 1...15 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + Proprietary (military) SMA SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12/24V DC, mains 5 V DC (USB 2.0) 13.8 V DC
Current RX 300 mA 410 mA max 13.5-350 mA
TX - - 0.82-2.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine
Dimensions ? 25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 43 gr (1.5 oz) 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s) None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RACAL-MRR-000005WP EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO MINI-SW002016