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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 10 Hz 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.01 kHz 1 Hz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-29.999 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 88-108 / 136-174 / 350-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD 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
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity > 60db at –1 kHz 400 Hz or more, software defined 12 kHz @ -6 dB
30 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 49.95 MHz / 450 kHz (left band)
38.85 MHz / 450 kHz (right band)
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion 1W diagnostic speaker 2W@8Ω for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-29.999 MHz 160-6 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   Digital (other)   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 150 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 (UHF:40) W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.6-15.6 V DC 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max 1.5 A 500 mA
TX 22 A max 23 A 8.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1996 and 20xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx
Dimensions 265 × 99 × 278 mm
(10.43 × 3.90 × 10.94 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 809 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP
Interfaces with PACTOR II and ALE controllers
Up to 3 remote heads
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 SEA 1612C Antenna Tuner ? ?
MPN SEA-000235 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 TYT-TH-007800