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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz (AM, SSB)
87-108 MHz (FM)
118-137 MHz (AM)
? 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM 0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
AM 118-137 MHz: 4 µV (1000 Hz, 30% mod)
W-FM: 4 µV (20 dB S/N, mono)
SSB: 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
Selectivity AM/SSB (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <12 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=4 kHz)
>4 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=2.3 kHz)
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <5 kHz (-60 dB)
? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system PLL ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB (0.1-30 / 118-137 MHz) >50 dB (87-108 MHz) ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Internal speaker / headphones ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC (Mains or 6×D cells) ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 510-830 mA ? 1.5 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in China Between 19xx and 19xx in Brazil Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 506 × 235 × 226 mm
(19.92 × 9.25 × 8.90 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) with power supply ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 70 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ANL
Dual clock
? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TECSUN-HAM-002000 DELTA-000309 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500