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HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Preselector

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz (USA) 30 kHz – 77 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   All mode  
Sensitivity 29-54 MHz: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz: 1 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
380-512 MHz: 0.7 µV
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
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Selectivity +/-10 kHz (-6 dB), +/-18 kHz (-50 dB) 400 Hz or more, software defined ?
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC or 4LR6 13.8V DC ± 15% Mains
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX - 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 62 × 145 × 34 mm
(2.44 × 5.71 × 1.34 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
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Weight 224 gr (7.9 oz) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 10 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000079 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 RME-DB000023