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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 10-160 m (no general coverage) 140-174 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity Into 50 ohms aerial input, for 10 dB S/N:
AM: <2 µV (50-500 kHz), <1 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
SSB: 1 µV (50-500 kHz), <0.5 µV (0.5-30 MHz)
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Selectivity 2.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4.1 kHz (-60 db) with narrow filter
6.5 kHz (-6 dB), 10.2 kHz (-60 dB) with wide filter
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Filters ? 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 240 W, AM/FSK: 80 W (INPUT) High: 5 W, Low: ? mW

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Hi-Z - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC external or 8LR6/AA internal 13.8 V DC or mains ?V DC
Current RX 130-300 mA 1.5 A max ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1999 in Great Britain Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1991 and 199x
Dimensions 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
334 × 129 × 400 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 15.75 in)
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Weight 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) without batteries 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
Solid state
Peak/Notch filter
Noise blanker
Variable IF bandwidth
Speech processor
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN LOWE-HF-000150 YAESU-FT-000107 YAESU-FT-000026