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SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 6m  70cm  ? 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 ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 430-436 MHz 0.01-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 430-436 MHz - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 3 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX 40 mA 2A max 20 W
TX Max 1 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan Between 1982 and 1985 Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 61 × 183 × 162 mm
(2.40 × 7.20 × 6.38 in)
346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VXO ? 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 ICOM-IC-000402 DRAKE-R-004245 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R