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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual-tuner 14-bit SDR receiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-15 m 1 kHz - 2 GHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations USB   LSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio ? 5-54 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
108-137 MHz: 0.4 uV
137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB ? ?
Filters ? Ten high-selectivity front-end filters ?
Receiver system Super-Heterodyne SDR Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? Zero IF, All IF bandwidths
Low IF, IF bandwidths ≤ 1.536MHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% THD (max 3 W) ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 80-15 m ? -
Modulations USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 135 W PEP ? ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SMA BNC
Impedance 40-100Ω 50/1kΩ 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 35 W 185-320 mA 170 mA
TX 165 W ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1963 and 196x in USA Between 2018 and 20xx in UK Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 298 × 140 × 260 mm
(11.73 × 5.51 × 10.24 in)
95 × 80 × 30 mm
(3.74 × 3.15 × 1.18 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) 110 gr (3.9 oz) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 10000 channels in 200 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0 (high speed) type B socket Object oriented memory
Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
SAME/FIPS weather alert
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL + DCS
MicroSD card
Discriminator output
Audio recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SBE-SB-000033 SDRPLAY-RSPDUO WHISTLER-WS001080