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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
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 Quadruple conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC 160-6 m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Auto-AT option 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
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 KENWOOD-TS-000930S FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700