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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  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 ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 100 kHz - 29.999 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FSK: 0.5 µV
FM: 1.0 µV
AM: 3.5 µV
<.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz ?
Selectivity ? 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz ?
Filters 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ≥ 80 dB >60 dB typical ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 1.5 W @ 4 ohms 1 watt 4 Ohm 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/450Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 198x in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 146 × 375 × 432 mm
(5.75 × 14.76 × 17.01 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
Optional RS-232 (1200 baud)
DSP 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 TEN-TEC-PARAGON-(000585) TEN-TEC-RX-000350 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700