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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 1 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 20-80 m 1.6-12 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system 17 tubes superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 20-80 m 1.6-12 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output SSB: 500 W (PEP input), CW: 300 W (input) 30/100 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24/12V DC, 110/220V AC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX ? ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1965 in USA Between 1975 and 1988 in East Germany Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? ? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000500-TORNADO RFT-SEG-000100 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400