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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 150-4000 kHz in 4 bands 30 kHz – 54 MHz 0.48-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m -
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   -
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12/24/32 V DC 9 V DC from internal batteries 13.8V DC ± 15% Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX 100-300 mA 2.0 A 80 W
TX - 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 196x in Denmark Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 335 × 220 × 150 mm
(13.19 × 8.66 × 5.91 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
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Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Direction Finding function on all bands
BFO
8" (20.3cm) touchscreen, 1920×1200 pixels)
HDMI connector for external display
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-000046T FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600M EDDYSTONE-000730/6