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HF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ±0.5 p.p.m. (after 1 minute @+14 °F to +140 °F [–10 °C to +60 °C])
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz 5/10 Hz (SSB, CW), 50/100 Hz (AM, FM)

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 30 kHz – 77 MHz 0.3-56 / 118-164 / 420-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
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
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.158 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (144 - 146 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (430 - 440 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
AM (10 dB S+N/N, 30 % modulation @400 Hz)
28 µV (0.1 - 1.8 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
2 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
1 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.25 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.18 µV (144 - 146 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.18 µV (430 - 440 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
Selectivity ? 400 Hz or more, software defined Mode –6 dB / –60 dB
SSB/CW (Width=2.4 kHz) 2.4 kHz or better / 3.6 kHz or less
CW-N (Width =500 Hz) 0.5 kHz or better / 750 Hz or less
AM 6 kHz or better / 15 kHz or less
FM 12 kHz or better / 30 kHz or less
FM-N 9 kHz or better / 25 kHz or less
Filters ? Software defined 3 kHz (LSB/USB) 500 Hz (CW) 6 kHz (AM) 16 kHz (FM)
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling SSB/CW/AM: Tripe conversion FM: Double conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 69.450 MHz
9.000 MHz (SSB, CW, AM)
24 kHz (SSB, CW, AM)
450 kHz (FM)
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB 70 dB or better (1.8 MHz - 50 MHz Amateur bands) 60 dB or better (144/430 MHz Amateur band)
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 2.5 W into 4 Ohms with 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 160-6 m 1.8-54 / 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 150 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM HF: 5-100 W, VHF/UHF: 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A 2.2 A max
TX ? 23 A 22 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2016 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 365 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 14.37 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
224 × 76 × 250 mm
(8.82 × 2.99 × 9.84 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 4.30 kg (9.5 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 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
3.5 Inch Full Color TFT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-TR-000004CW FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 YAESU-FT-000991A