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SDR HF/VHF Receiver
4 meter SSB/CW Transceiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  4m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps 1 Hz - 1 MHz Variable Speed Tuning VST ?

Receiver

RX-range 50 kHz - 60 MHz 69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
-130dbm MDS Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity Software defined 3.0 kHz (-6dB), shape factor: 1.7
500 Hz (-6dB), shape factor: 2.4
AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? 3.0 kHz / 500 hz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
10.7 MHz 5.2 MHz
Image rejection 55 dB 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 Watt at 1% THD, 1.5 W at 5% 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 10 W PEP ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-15 V DC 13.8 V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX 500 mA max 650 mA 90 VA
TX - 4 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 2014 and 20xx in USA Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
221 × 100 × 221 mm
(8.70 × 3.94 × 8.70 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Headless Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Analoge S-meter ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELAD-FDM-000077 NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000004SC EDDYSTONE-000770R