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Heavy-duty amplifier
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? (0⁰C – 50⁰C) 0.5 p.p.m. (TCXO)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range ? 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations - CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
Sensitivity ? ≥ 2 µV ?
Selectivity ? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 450 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 3 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range ? - 160-6 m
Modulations All mode   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   Digital (other)   DV  
RF-output ? ? 160m-6m Transmitter Output: 1-100W (25W AM)

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 70Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8 V DC +/- 15% (14 V DC Nominal)
Current RX ? 65 W 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 19xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain Between 2024 and 202x in USA
Dimensions ? 426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
356 × 171 × 337 mm
(14.02 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Noise limiter
S-meter
Optional Integrated Automatic Antenna Tuner Range: 3:1 SWR
Optional Continuous MARS/CAP Coverage with Extended Transmit Filter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TMC-PAL-000500 EDDYSTONE-000504 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-008400M