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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  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 0.04-100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 30 kHz – 77 MHz 153-29999 kHz / 87.5-108 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   N-AM   W-FM   W-FM Stereo   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 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
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Selectivity ? 400 Hz or more, software defined ?
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Dual conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 160-6 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 100 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SO-239 Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 5-500Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 15% 4 x LR6/AA or 9 V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX ? 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1965 and 1967 in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 2010 and 201x
Dimensions ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
200 × 133 × 38 mm
(7.87 × 5.24 × 1.50 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 730 gr (1.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 406 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 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
9 / 10 kHz switch
Alpha tagging
Auto Tuning System
RF Gain Control
FM RDS/RDBS
3.2 x 1.7" LCD screen
Aux Audio Input
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000100 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 SANGEAN-ATS-000909X