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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 5 / 12.5 / 50 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 25-520 / 760-1300 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
? ?
Selectivity SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
? ?
Filters 15, 6 and 3 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains, 85-265 VAC 12V DC or mains Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX Max 210 VA ? 20 W
TX Max 800 VA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 410 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
40 × 10 channels + 10 user defined searches
USA Catalog Number: 20-144
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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007700 RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-PRO-002005 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R