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Base Station CB Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  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 0.001% 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Channelized 1 Hz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 26.695-27.845 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity < 0.5 µV / < 0.15 µV for 10 dB S/N (AM/ SSB) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection -50 dB ≥ 100 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 2.5W @ 10% THD 1W diagnostic speaker 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 26.695-27.845 MHz 160-6 m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output AM: 4 W / SSB: 12 W PEP 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 1 A max 1.5 A 2.0 A
TX 3.5 A max 23 A 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 285 × 135 × 342 mm
(11.22 × 5.31 × 13.46 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) 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
8" (20.3cm) touchscreen, 1920×1200 pixels)
HDMI connector for external display
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GALAXY-DX-002547 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600M