he following is a compiled list of "eSSB Ready" transceivers.
All of the transceivers mentioned (except for the Kenwood TS-870 with a good quality microphone) require some form of external audio processing to sound well balanced.
STOCK eSSB READY TRANCEIVERS | |||
Make / Model | RX Bandwidth | TX Bandwidth | Comments |
| FLEX | |||
Flex Radio SDR 1000, SDR 5000 | up to 20 kHz | up to 20 kHz | Computer Based Software User Defined |
| KENWOOD | |||
Kenwood TS-850S w/DSP-100 | 6 kHz | 6 kHz | Needs some mods for low freq TX/RX flatness. TX/RX Mods Available |
Kenwood TS-870S | 6 kHz Flat | 3.5 kHz EQ'ed: 4.5 kHz | Sounds great with good mic straight in - even better with external processing! ACC2 Audio Input Mod Available |
Kenwood TS-2000 | 3.5 kHz Rolled Off | 3 kHz EQ'ed: 3.3 kHz | Requires some external processing TX/RX Mods Available |
Kenwood TS-950 SDX | 6 kHz | 6 kHz Requires a menu change | |
| TEN-TEC | |||
Ten-Tec Orion/Pegesis/Jupiter | 5 kHz | 3.9 kHz | Requires some external processing |
| YAESU | |||
Yaesu FT-1000MP Series | 3 kHz | 3 kHz | |
Yaesu FT-9000 | 4 kHz | 4 kHz Requires a menu change | Requires some external processing |
Yaesu FT-2000 | 4 kHz | Requires some external processing | |
| ELECRAFT | |||
Elecraft K3 | 3.6 kHz | 3.6 kHz EQ'ed: 4 kHz | eSSB Menu Provided See Settings Page |
| ICOM | |||
Icom 775 | 3 kHz | EQ'ed: 3 kHz | Requires some external processing. TX/RX Mods Available |
Icom 756 Pro Series | 3.6 kHz | EQ'ed: 3 kHz | Requires some external processing. RX Mod Available |
Icom 7800 | 3.6 kHz | EQ'ed: 3 kHz | Requires some external processing |
I got in touch with the Flex tech guys and they e-mailed me back with this answer which might help others if they are thinking of getting a SDR Radio.
ReplyDeleteThe differences in max TX bandwidth of the radios are as follows.
Flex 1500 - 3650 hz per sideband or 7300 hz DSB or AM
Flex 3000 - 4600 hz per sideband or 9200 hz DSB or AM
Flex 5000 - 9999 hz per sideband or 19998 hz DSB or AM
All these are fully adjustable one hz at a time from 0 to full bandwidth.
All the radios are fully adjustable on receive, 0 to 20 khz wide, 10 khz per sideband.