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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 40m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 40 m 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
0.03-60 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations CW   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 1 W High: 5 W, Low 3: 3 W, Low 2: 1.5, Low 1: 0.5 W 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 9.6V DC 5.5-16V DC Mains
Current RX ? 8-190 mA ?
TX ? Max 1.6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 200x in Japan Between 1993 and 199x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 55 × 146 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.75 × 1.30 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight ? 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-27 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 41 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-P-000007DX YAESU-FT-000816 YAESU-FTDX005000MP