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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
DIGITAL SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO ?
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 30 kHz – 77 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (excl. cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   DMR   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? FM (12 dB SINAD unless otherwise noted)
VHF Low: 0.2 µV
VHF Aircraft (AM): 0.4 µV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF Low 300-406: 0.8 µV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 µV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.5 µV
1240 -1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 5 tubes SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker Built-in 36 mm 8 Ohms dynamic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m -
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 13.8V DC ± 15% DC 4.8-6 Volts (4 AA batteries) or 5 V DC USB
Current RX ? 1.5 A 170 mA typical
TX - 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2016 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
135 × 67 × 28 mm
(5.31 × 2.64 × 1.10 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) Without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1000000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 80 channels/second
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
• Functional keypad and backlit LCD display
• USA/Canada Radio Reference database on SD Card
• Quick Location based Programming (City, Zip,
County)
• Detects and masks encrypted voice audio
• Decodes Radio ID/Talkgroup ID data
• Upgradeable CPU Firmware, DSP Firmware and
Database Library
• USB Interface 2.0 or earlier
• DMR/MotoTRBO™ Tier II
• Improved P25 Functionality (Phase II, X2-TDMA)
• PC Software to customize your settings
• Signal Strength Meter
• 200 Scanlists
• Weather Radio Function
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038C FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700 WHISTLER-TRX-000001