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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 p.p.m. (-10 °C ~ +60 °C) ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 1000 kHz 5 or 12.5 kHz depending on region 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity < 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) S/N ≤ 35 dB: 1uv
S/N ≤ 20 dB: 0.35 µV
SINAD ≤ 10%: 0.5 µV
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Selectivity ? ± 6 kHz at -6 dB
± 16 kHz at -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 17.2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB ≥ 70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 2.4 W @ 10% THD into 8 ohm ≥ 1.5 W @ 10% THD into 8 Ohms 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
160-6 m
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low 3: 10 W, Low 2: 5 W, Low 1: 1 W High: 25 W, Low: 3 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX Max 0.5 A ? 1.5 A
TX Max 6 A ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx Between 1980 and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 105 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 4.13 in)
180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 750 gr (1.7 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 20 channels in bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PLL IC: PLL2001 ? 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 ICOM-IC-000229E KDK-FM-002025 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700