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HF Transceiver
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SmartSDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m + WARC 0.1-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.35 µV for 10 dB S+N/N <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz
CW/RTTY: 400 Hz
34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz ?
Filters 400 Hz optional ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 9.00165 MHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB >60 dB typical ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 3 W into 4 Ohms 1 watt 4 Ohm 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC - 160-6 m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 100 W on all bands - 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. 12-14V DC 13.8 V DC or mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 1.8 A 1.5 A 1.5 A
TX 20 A max - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 362 × 162 × 337 mm
(14.25 × 6.38 × 13.27 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 10.60 kg (23.4 lbs) 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Full QSK
VOX
Noise blanker
Break-in CW
IF-gain adjust
RF-gain adjust
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 SWAN-(CUBIC)-ASTRO-000103 TEN-TEC-RX-000350 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700