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Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 15,5-26,6 / 23,5-41 / 37,5-65 / 64-115 meter
110-175 / 170-300 / 290 - 570 meter optional
30 kHz – 77 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 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
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Selectivity ? 400 Hz or more, software defined ?
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system TRF with regeneration SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker Internal speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6 + 45 + 135 + 180 V 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX - 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1929 and 1935 in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
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Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? 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 External PSU: National 3580B ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-SW-000004 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 PRESIDENT-XP-000400