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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  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 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 150 kHz - 30 MHz
87-108 / 118-137 MHz
30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
? 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
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load Internal speaker 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 F-type + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 6 V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 2 A max ? 1.5 A
TX 20 A max - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2010 and 20xx in China Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
168 × 105 × 28 mm
(6.61 × 4.13 × 1.10 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 345 gr (12.2 oz) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 700 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ? 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 GRUNDIG-G000003 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500