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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
? ?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 80 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations - AM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 3.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) ? Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ? 20 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A LAFAYETTE-HB-000023 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R