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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  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 5 or 12.5 kHz depending on region Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity S/N ≤ 35 dB: 1uv
S/N ≤ 20 dB: 0.35 µV
SINAD ≤ 10%: 0.5 µV
? ?
Selectivity ± 6 kHz at -6 dB
± 16 kHz at -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ≥ 1.5 W @ 10% THD into 8 Ohms ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
26.965-27.405 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations FM   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 3 W 4 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 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 KDK-FM-002025 CHEROKEE-CM-000010 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700