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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. within ± 150 Hz ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
?
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W 2-100 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - SO-239
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 0.5 A ?
TX - 3.3 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 198x
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
?
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 YAESU-FT-000070 KENWOOD-TRC-000070