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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver
5W Handheld Dual-band Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz - 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 50 kHz - 60 MHz 87-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
≤ 0.20 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? Software defined ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Receiver system Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 55 dB ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z Fixed antenna
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 11-15 V DC 7.4 V DC, 1500 mAh Li-ion Battery
Current RX ? 500 mA max 100 mA max
TX - - 1 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
115 × 55 × 30 mm
(4.53 × 2.17 × 1.18 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 230 gr (8.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
"Hidden" display
PC Software Programmable
Manual Programming
Wire Copy
VOX Function
CTCSS/DCS
Monitor, Reverse Frequency
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 ELAD-FDM-000077 YANTON-T-000328