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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB >60 dB (15-160 m) >50 dB (10 m)
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 5 W AM: 30 W (DC), SSB/CW: 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX Max 300 mA 5.5 A (1.1 A heater off)
TX Max 10 A Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1979 and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 205 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.07 in)
345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-007801HN YAESU-FT-000101ZD