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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 15 + 40m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 100 W 1/10 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-15 V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX ? 3 A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 19xx in Japan Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-JST-000110D JRC-JST-000010A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400