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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m + WARC 160-6 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 100 W 100 W max 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX - 295 W 2.0 A
TX ? 32 W 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1973 Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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 DRAKE-T-000004XB KENWOOD-TS-000830S FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600M