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SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver
Dual-band DMR handheld

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m  70cm  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ± 5 p.p.m. ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1 Hz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 30 kHz – 77 MHz 88-108 / 136-174 / 350-520 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   FM   N-FM   DMR  
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
≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 400 Hz or more, software defined 12 kHz @ -6 dB
30 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters Software defined ? ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 49.95 MHz / 450 kHz (left band)
38.85 MHz / 450 kHz (right band)
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Image rejection ≥ 100 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W diagnostic speaker 2W@8Ω for 5% THD 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 (UHF:40) W 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 1.5 A 500 mA ?
TX 23 A 8.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx Between 2018 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
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Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Headless Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 809 channels in 1 bank(s) 1024 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators 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
? CTCSS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 TYT-TH-007800 BAOFENG-RD-000005R