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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 0.54-30 MHz 0.5-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   C4FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 700 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   C4FM  
RF-output ? ? 5 W max

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 7.2 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1956 and 1961 in USA Between 1959 and 1962 in USA Between 2019 and 202x
Dimensions 413 × 241 × 233 mm
(16.26 × 9.49 × 9.17 in)
? 62 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.44 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 13.60 kg (30.0 lbs) ? 282 gr (10.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in bluetooth and GPS
APRS 1200/9600bps modem
Voice recorder
Micro SD card slot
Twin RX (V+V/V+U/U+U)
Band scope
320×240 dot matrix full color TFT touch screen
Wires-X
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-HQ-000100C HAMMARLUND-HQ-000180C YAESU-FT-000003DR