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

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  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 Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 2-32 MHz 136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? < 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD) ETS ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 29 valves ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
-
Modulations - FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 1-25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 10.8-15.6 VDC Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX ? ? 20 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 199x and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 185 × 72 × 188 mm
(7.28 × 2.83 × 7.40 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/PL and Select 5/5-tone selcall. VOX. DTMF. Voice encryption and trunking options. 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 RCA-SRR-000013A MOTOROLA-GM-000380 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R