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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5ppm 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 440-470 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity HF: ~0.8 µV
FM: 0.65 µV
<0.20 µV 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 4 / 6.8 kHz
FM: 15 kHz
? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output 2 W, 60 mm diam. 400mW 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 440-470 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 4 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9 V DC (6 × 1.5 V or mains adaptor) Li-ion Battery 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 25-65 mA 35 mA (standby) 1.5 A
TX - 1500 mA 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 1968 Between 200x and 201x in China Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 440 × 260 × 120 mm
(17.32 × 10.24 × 4.72 in)
55.5 × 100 × 31 mm
(2.19 × 3.94 × 1.22 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 235 gr (8.3 oz) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories None 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Repeater Shift
Voice scrambling
CTCSS / DCS
KENWOOD option ready
PC programmable via interface cable
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 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000208 LINTON-LT-003260-2 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500