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HF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 11m 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 1 µV 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 ? ? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system ? tubes SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 2 W 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 11m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 150 W 5 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A
TX ? ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx Between 1964 and 196x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 365 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 14.37 in)
305 × 127 × 216 mm
(12.01 × 5.00 × 8.50 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Illuminated S-Meter
Squelch control
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 DRAKE-TR-000004CW LAFAYETTE-HE-000020C FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500