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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands None  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  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 Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 5.95-6.55 / 9.45-10.05 / 11.45-12.05 / 14.95-15.55 / 17.45-18.05 / 21.45-22.05 / 25.45-26.05 MHz 10-80 m 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
Selectivity ? ? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? 0.5 / 1.2 / 2.5 / 5 kHz Software defined
Receiver system Transistor/tube hybrid. Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output External speaker required External speaker required 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna - - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 52Ω ? 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in USA Between 1965 and 196x in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 274 × 140 × 295 mm
(10.79 × 5.51 × 11.61 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-meter
1/4 inch headphone jack
? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
Accessories MS-4 external speaker ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SW000004 STAR-SR-000700E FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500