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SmartSDR transceiver
Super Wideband Communication Receiver

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 ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1 Hz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 30 kHz – 77 MHz 10 kHz - 3.0 GHz (cellular blocked on consumer model)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   D-STAR   P25   DV  
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/FSK (at 10 dB S/N)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: –6 dBμ
1.8– 29.999 MHz: –14 dBμ
30– 1099.999 MHz: –10 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: –10 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: –8 dBμ

AM (at 10 dB S/N)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: 16 dBμ
1.8– 29.999 MHz: 8 dBμ
30– 1099.999 MHz: 15 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: 15 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: 15 dBμ

FM (at 10dB S/N)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: -
1.8– 29.999 MHz: –6 dBμ*2
30– 1099.999 MHz: –6 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: –6 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: –4 dBμ

W-FM (at 12 dB SINAD)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: -
1.8– 29.999 MHz: -
30– 1099.999 MHz: 3 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: 3 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: 5 dBμ

D-STAR, NXDN, dPMR (1% BER)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: -
1.8– 29.999 MHz: –2 dBμ*2
30– 1099.999 MHz: –2 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: –2 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: 0 dBμ

P25 (5% BER)
0.1– 1.799 MHz: -
1.8– 29.999 MHz: –5 dBμ*2
30– 1099.999 MHz: –5 dBμ
1100– 1999.999 MHz: –5 dBμ
2000– 3000 MHz: –3 dBμ
Selectivity 400 Hz or more, software defined AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-3 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM (BW=350 Hz)
>180 kHz (-6 dB)
SSB/FSK (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters Software defined 240 / 50 / 15 / 6 / 3 kHz
Receiver system SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Direct / Double / Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 0.010–29.999 MHz: Direct sampling
30.000–499.999 MHz: Double superheterodyne (IF: 778.7, 46.35 MHz)
500.000–1099.999 MHz: Double superheterodyne (IF: 278.7, 46.35 MHz)
1100.000–1499.999 MHz: Triple superheterodyne (IF: 900–500.000001, 278.7, 46.35 MHz)
Image rejection ≥ 100 dB 0.1-30 MHz: >70 dB30-3335 MHz: >50 dB
Audio output 1W diagnostic speaker 2 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC + SO-239 SO-239 + N-type + RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX 1.5 A 2 A max
TX 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
220 × 90 × 230 mm
(8.66 × 3.54 × 9.06 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 4.30 kg (9.5 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 100 bank(s)
Usage 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
4.3-inch touch display
Real-time Spectrum Scope
SD Card Slot
Remote Control through IP-network or USB
Accessories ? SP-23 external speaker
SP-39AD power supply
MPN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 ICOM-IC-R008600