FlexRadio FLEX-6500

General characteristics

HAM bands

160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 

Frequency stability

0.5 p.p.m. TCXO

Tuning steps

1 Hz

Memories

?

Receiver

RX-range

30 kHz – 77 MHz

Modulations

AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   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

Selectivity

400 Hz or more, software defined

Filters

Software defined

Receiver system

SDR, Direct Digital Sampling

IF-frequencies

?

Image rejection

≥ 100 dB

Audio output

1W diagnostic speaker

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

Impedance

5-500Ω

Other

-

Electrical

Power requirements

13.8V DC ± 15%

Current drain RX

1.5 A

TX

23 A

Physical

Dimensions (w×h×d)

330 × 305 × 102 mm (12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in) with feet

Weight

5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)

Form factor

Headless

Manufactured

Between 2013 and 20xx in USA

Other features

Usage

Amateur / Ham radio operators

Features + options

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

Accessories

-

RigReference ID

5942

MPN

FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500

Manuals, diagrams and brochures

FlexRadio FLEX-6000 Signature-series brochure PDF - Unknown size, submitted by RigReference

 

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