FlexRadio FLEX-8600
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver
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The FLEX-8600 model is designed for the Ham who wants to operate the radio exclusively as a server from PC, laptop, Maestro, Mac* or iOS* clients – whether local or remote.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m (WARC) 20m 17m (WARC) 15m 12m (WARC) 11m (CB) 6m 10m
- Frequency stability
- (0⁰C – 50⁰C) 0.5 p.p.m. (TCXO)
- Tuning steps
- 1 Hz
- Memories
- ?
Receiver
- RX-range
- 30 kHz – 54 MHz
- Modulations
- AM AM-sync FM N-FM CW USB LSB RTTY Digital (other) DV
- Sensitivity
- ?
- Selectivity
- ?
- Filters
- ?
- Receiver system
- SDR, SDR, Direct Sampling SDR 245.76Msps – 16 bit
- IF-frequencies
- ?
- Image rejection
- ≥ 100 dB
- Audio output
- 1W diagnostic speaker
Transmitter
- TX-range
- 160-6 m
- Modulations
- AM AM-sync FM N-FM CW USB LSB RTTY Digital (other) DV
- RF-output
- 160m-6m Transmitter Output: 1-100W (25W AM)
Connections
- Antenna
- BNC + SO-239
- Impedance
- 50Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- 13.8 V DC +/- 15% (14 V DC Nominal)
- Current drain RX
- 1.7 A
- TX
- 23 A
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 356 × 171 × 337 mm (14.02 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
- Weight
- ?
- Form factor
- Headless
- Manufactured
- Between 2024 and 202x in USA
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- Optional Integrated Automatic Antenna Tuner Range: 3:1 SWR
Optional Continuous MARS/CAP Coverage with Extended Transmit Filter - Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 6630
- MPN
- FLEXRADIO-FLEX-008600
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