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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 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 ? Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.525-31 MHz / 88-108 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 5-30 MHz
AM 1,1 - 1,4 µV
SSB 0,6 - 1,0 µV
MW
60 µV
? ?
Selectivity -6/-60 dB
1,7/6,0 kHz, 2,5/15 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 4 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 1983 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 482 × 200 × 354 mm
(18.98 × 7.87 × 13.94 in)
115 × 35 × 180 mm
(4.53 × 1.38 × 7.09 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) less batteries ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
RF-Gain
AM 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 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RF-004900 PRESIDENT-JIMMY FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700