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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Amateur HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz 1 Hz, Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 30 kHz – 77 MHz 0.01-55 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
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 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
400 Hz or more, software defined Software defined
Filters ? Software defined Software defined
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm 1W diagnostic speaker 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   Multiple (Software defined)  
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 1-100 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) BNC + SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2014 and 20xx in India
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
265 × 80 × 220 mm
(10.43 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO 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 YAESU-FR-000050B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 APACHE-LABS-ANAN-000200D