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Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  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 26.965-27.255 MHz 26-32 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV ? ?
Selectivity 7 kHz @ -6 dB
19 kHz @ -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 3 W ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.255 MHz 26-32 MHz -
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 3 W 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 157 × 55 × 222 mm
(6.18 × 2.17 × 8.74 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 E.F.-JOHNSON-MESSENGER-000300 CRT-HERCULE-B-002950F FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R