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Desktop VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  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 0.01 / 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 100 kHz Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
140.1-150 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: 0.11 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.5 µV ?
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow (option): 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.3 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
140.1-150 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output FM: 45/45 W, SSB/CW: 35/30 W 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX 2-2.5 A 200 mA 20 W
TX Max 16 A 1 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 425 × 149 × 406 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 15.98 in)
115 × 40 × 200 mm
(4.53 × 1.57 × 7.87 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) without PS-35 (with PS-35: 2.3kg) 450 gr (15.9 oz) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories 396 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX
Optional rack handles
? 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 ICOM-IC-000970H PRESIDENT-BILLY FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R