That's the first time I've seen a radio with built-in FreeDV.
From the site:
Main Functions
Spectrum Dynamic Waterfall DisplayMultiple Working Modes: Receive Mode, Transmit Mode, TUNE Mode, VFO Mode, SPLIT Mode
DSP Digital Signal Processing Noise Reduction
Automatic Notch Filter
Humanized Interface Color Display
Receive Fine Tuning Function, Changeable MIC Gain Value
VCC Power Supply Voltage Indication Table
Transmit Signal Strength Display Table
Multifunctional Instrument: SWR Standing Wave Ratio Meter, AVD Audio Frequency Meter, ALC Signal Modulation Meter
Specifications
Frequency Range - RX:1.8-30MHz TX:All HAM HF BANDSOperating Mode - SSB(J3E)，CW，AM(RX Only), FM, FREE-DV
TX Power - 5W (Standard, DC 13.8V) , 15W (Full,DC 13.8V)
Receiving Sensitivity - 0.11~0.89μV(RFC 50-20)
Minimum Frequency Step - 1Hz
Operating Voltage - DC9~15V
Antenna Impedance - 50Ω
Frequency Stability - ±1.5PPM @ Power on 5 Minutes (Standard) ; ±0.5PPM if Optional TCXO Used
Product Dimension (W × H × D) - 215×74×62mm（Mounting Bracket Included）
Weight - 623g
No idea of price yet and it looks pretty clunky but great to see FreeDV built right in. (If there are others please let me know).
9 comments:
Greetings, really very interesting article, I have done some tests with freedv, it is interesting to see how it encodes and decodes the signal, I guess with this radio it should be more precise, very interesting article .... thanks ,,, YY7LAS
That Chinese receiver is a stolen clone of the work done by Chris M0NKA. http://www.m0nka.co.uk
Don't buy them, support M0NKA directly
Thanks Chris!
AFAIK mchf is open source, so it would not be a ripoff
I like the way Chinese manufacturers are picking up open source designs and making cheap kits. There are CW QRP transceivers and QRP antenna tuners available at below the price we would pay for the components.
Lol that's news to me but good to see! The Flex radios also have a FreeDV option via their API, but I guess that's slightly different. About 6 months ago I had a nice time working with Danilo from mcHF - he did some great work on optimising FreeDV for this platform, and cleaning the code up.
Cheers,
David
AM Receive only? Oh well, next.
Thanks Chris!
Coming soon to an Amazon near you:
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Also available here for a considerably lower price:
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73;
Bob KV4PC
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