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Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands None  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 75-88 / 380-420 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 0.009-6000 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, XTAL. SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion Down converter (3150-6000 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m -
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM ?

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne BNC + SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50/75Ω 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC ± 15% 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A 200 - 1500 mA
TX - 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 120 × 65 × 190 mm
(4.72 × 2.56 × 7.48 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 24 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
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
CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COMMANDER-000168 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700 AOR-AR-006000