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Desktop VHF/UHF Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  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 ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 0.01 / 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 100 kHz 1 Hz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
140.1-150 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
30 kHz – 77 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: 0.11 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow (option): 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.3 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
140.1-150 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
- 160-6 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output FM: 45/45 W, SSB/CW: 35/30 W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz) 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 2-2.5 A 20 W 1.7 A
TX Max 16 A - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 425 × 149 × 406 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 15.98 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) without PS-35 (with PS-35: 2.3kg) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Headless

Other features

Memories 396 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX
Optional rack handles
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
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000970H FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M