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Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-60 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters Software controlled ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct conversion, low IF SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6m 160-6 m
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 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 10% 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 1.5A 1.5 A
TX 25A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 236 × 221 × 315 mm
(9.29 × 8.70 × 12.40 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Headless Headless

Other features

Memories 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage 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 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700