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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-48 MHz in five bands 26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 9 tubes ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 4 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1935 and 193x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 115 × 35 × 180 mm
(4.53 × 1.38 × 7.09 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AM 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 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000007-SUPER-SKYRIDER PRESIDENT-JIMMY FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700