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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40/80 m - 25 MHz - 3 GHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
Filters ? ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!)

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40/80 m 10-80 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   -
RF-output 100 W AM: 50 W, CW: 65 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50/75Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 12 - 16V DC
Current RX ? - 500 mA
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 150 × 330 mm
(12.99 × 5.91 × 12.99 in)
? 203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features - ? RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Accessories - ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000004D HEATHKIT-DX-000035 AOR-SR-002200