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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ±10 ppm 5-60 mins ±2 after 1 hour ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.09-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FAX   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV 1.6-30 MHz SSB/CW S+N/N=10dB AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity AUX (12 kHz)
WIDE > 4 kHz
INTER > 2 kHz
NARR > 1 kHz in "D"
[FM] > 12 kHz
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.45399 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 97 kHz
?
Image rejection > 70 dB (1.6 - 30 MHz) >60 dB (15-160 m) >50 dB (10 m)
Audio output 1 W @ 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 30 W (DC), SSB/CW: 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50 / 600Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX ? 5.5 A (1.1 A heater off)
TX - Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1991 and 1998 Between 1979 and 19xx
Dimensions 330 × 130 × 280 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 11.02 in)
345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
Weight 9.07 kg (20.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 5 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000535 YAESU-FT-000101ZD