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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile 2m FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  15m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO ± 0.002/0.003 %
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range - 30 kHz – 77 MHz 144-146 / 145-147 / 146-148 MHz depending on version
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 22 MHz
2nd: 455 MHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 3 W for external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 80/40/15m 160-6 m 144-146 / 145-147 / 146-148 MHz depending on version
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output 75W (?) 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM 1 / 10 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC + SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8 V DC
Current RX - 1.5 A 80-320 mA
TX ? 23 A 2.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 254 × 114 × 165 mm
(10.00 × 4.49 × 6.50 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
84 × 58 × 235 mm
(3.31 × 2.28 × 9.25 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 960 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 12 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: 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-TX-000100 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700 STANDARD-C-000828M