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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz 0.5-30 Mhz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations - AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.35 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX ? ? 410 mA max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1948 and 195x in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions ? 425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight ? 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy 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 COLLINS-000851S-1 EDDYSTONE-000670 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO