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Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

Current value
USD 525 ~ USD 778
USD 3,562 ~ USD 4,639
Rating 1 review 1 review
HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  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 0.001-10.000 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-60 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity Preamp off: 1.3 µV
Preamp on: 0.3 µV
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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 CW 500/640 (–6 to 60 dB)
SSB 2.39/2.54 (–6 to 60 dB)
AM 6.6/6.74 (–6 to 60 dB)
400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters Software defined Software defined
Receiver system Direct conversion, low IF SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection 160-10m: 96dB or better6m: 71 dB or better ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 160-6m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±10% 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 1.5A 1.5 A
TX 25A max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2009 and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 311 × 44 × 311 mm
(12.24 × 1.73 × 12.24 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 4.08 kg (9.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Headless Headless

Other features

Memories 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features SDR (Software Defined Radio) 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 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-003000 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500