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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None  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 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 30-50 / 152-174 / 450-470 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 5 tubes ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? Internal speaker 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 11 W 1.5 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan (probably) Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 330 × 102 × 254 mm
(12.99 × 4.02 × 10.00 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Squelch
AF filter
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 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038C RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-000003A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700