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Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C or better, accuracy ±50Hz @ 25 °C 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 138-174 MHz 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 80 dB ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 4 ohms 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 160-6 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 2.5-25 W 0-100 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 0.9-1 A 2 A 1.5 A
TX Max 6 A 20 A 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 6.20 kg (13.7 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CI-V Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
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-000275E TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700