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Desktop Shortwave receiver
120 channel SSB CB Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 26.965-28.305 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? AM: 0.7 µV @ 10 dB S/N
SSB: 0.2 µV @ 10 dB S/N
FM: 0.5 µV @ 20 dB S/N
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
Selectivity ? AM: 6 kHz
SSB: 2 kHz
FM: 6 kHz
400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system 12 tubes Single (SSB) / Double (AM/FM) conversion superheterodyne, PLL SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695mhz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 60 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 3 W into 8 Ohms 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-28.305 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? AM/FM: 7.5 W, SSB: 12 W PEP 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1968 in Japan (By Trio) Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 190 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.48 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? 120 channels in 3 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LAFAYETTE-HA-000350 HY-GAIN-V-(002795) FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500