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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  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 ? 0.001-10.000 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-33 MHz 0.01-60 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV
Preamp on: 0.3 µV
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity ? CW 500/640 (–6 to 60 dB)
SSB 2.39/2.54 (–6 to 60 dB)
AM 6.6/6.74 (–6 to 60 dB)
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Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system ? Direct conversion, low IF SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection ? 160-10m: 96dB or better6m: 71 dB or better ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6m -
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±10% Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX ? 1.5A 20 W
TX - 25A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1946 and 194x Between 2009 and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 565 × 280 × 305 mm
(22.24 × 11.02 × 12.01 in)
311 × 44 × 311 mm
(12.24 × 1.73 × 12.24 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 4.08 kg (9.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Headless

Other features

Memories ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? SDR (Software Defined Radio) 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 RME-000045B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-003000 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R