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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  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 5 or 12.5 kHz depending on region ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
10-160m, incl. 30m + WWV 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity S/N ≤ 35 dB: 1uv
S/N ≤ 20 dB: 0.35 µV
SINAD ≤ 10%: 0.5 µV
? ?
Selectivity ± 6 kHz at -6 dB
± 16 kHz at -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: ?
2nd: 57 kHz
?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ≥ 1.5 W @ 10% THD into 8 Ohms ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
- 160-6 m
Modulations FM   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 3 W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1960 and 1961 Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 KDK-FM-002025 RME-006902 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700