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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ± 5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 1 Hz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 30 kHz – 77 MHz 88-108 / 136-174 / 350-520 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
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) ?
Selectivity 400 Hz or more, software defined 12 kHz @ -6 dB
30 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters Software defined ? ?
Receiver system SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Double conversion superheterodyne RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 49.95 MHz / 450 kHz (left band)
38.85 MHz / 450 kHz (right band)
?
Image rejection ≥ 100 dB ? ?
Audio output 1W diagnostic speaker 2W@8Ω for 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 (UHF:40) W 5-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
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 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Headless Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 809 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 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
? 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 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 TYT-TH-007800 ICOM-IC-000705