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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C or better, accuracy ±50Hz @ 25 °C 10 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 m 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 MHz with optional downconverter)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   N-AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
Mode 0.15-500 MHz 500-1800 MHz
AM, AMS 1.7V 1.85V
LSB, USB 0.35V 0.37V
CW 0.2V 0.25V
FM3, FM6, FMN 0.7V 0.8V
FMW (optional) 2.0V 2.0V
Selectivity ? ? AM 6 kHz
AMN 4 kHz
AMS 4 kHz
LSB, USB 2.5 kHz
CW 500 Hz
FM3 3 kHz
FM6 6 kHz
FMN 12 kHz
FMW (optional) 230 kHz
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 80 dB 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   -
RF-output 20 W 0-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? 2 A ?
TX ? 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight ? 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None 62 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KANTRONICS-KT-000110 TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) WINRADIO-WR-G000305E