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Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range ? 30 kHz – 77 MHz 26-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80m 160-6 m 26-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 600 W output with 100 W drive 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 21 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50/75Ω 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 15% ?
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX 8 A @ 240 V AC, 16 A @ 120 V AC 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
185 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.28 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
Weight 15.85 kg (35.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000200 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700 PRESIDENT-LINCOLN-II