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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Mobile Amateur 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz 5 kHz + VXO

Receiver

RX-range 30-50 / 118-136 / 144-174 / 440-512 MHz (USA) 30 kHz – 77 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   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
0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 400 Hz or more, software defined 2.4 kHz (-6 dB) / 6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 28 MHz
2nd: 7.8 MHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions ? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
220 × 70 × 250 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 9.84 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories 50 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 24 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
VXO
Accessories ? ? LSB unit
Preamp
MPN REGENCY-D-000810 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 BELCOM-LINER-000002DX