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Mobile CB Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability < 0.001% 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps Channelized 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 26.965-27.225 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB: < 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
AM: < 0.5 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: < 0.7 µV (20 dB (S+N)/N)
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
?
Selectivity SSB/AM: 4.2 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 7.0 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -60 dB
400 Hz or more, software defined FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters - Software defined ?
Receiver system Single (SSB/AM) / Double (FM) conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output 1.5 W / 8 Ohm @ 10% THD 1W diagnostic speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 26.965-27.225 MHz 160-6 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations AM   FM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 0.5 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.2 V DC (10.8-15.6 V DC) 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX ? 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Taiwan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 185 × 58 × 230 mm
(7.28 × 2.28 × 9.06 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 2.05 kg (4.5 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories 22 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PA
NB
Clarifier
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" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories - ? Not specified
MPN SWISS-CB-MK-III FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 ICOM-IC-000705