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Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Base Station Amateur Keyer / CW-keyboard

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz
(RX 35-55 / 108-174 MHz with optional converter)
30 kHz – 77 MHz -
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   All mode  
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
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Selectivity ? 400 Hz or more, software defined ?
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50/500Ω 5-500Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC or mains 13.8V DC ± 15% 9 V battery or mains
Current RX Max 2 A 1.5 A -
TX - 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 2005 Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 197x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 334 × 134 × 330 mm
(13.15 × 5.28 × 12.99 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
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Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS232C interface 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000008B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 CURTIS-ELECTRO-DEVICES-EK-000480