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Base Station VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  1.25m  4m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with TCXO-2 option
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 30-330 MHz 10-160 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW (2.4 kHz): ≤ 0.25 µV
AM (6 kHz): ≤ 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): ≤ 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz: 2.2 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.0 kHz @ -60 dB
2.0 kHz: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.6 kHz @ -60 dB
500 Hz: 500 Hz @ -6 dB / 1.8 kHz @ -60 dB
250 Hz: 240 Hz @ -6 dB / 700 Hz @ -60 dB
W-AM: 6 kHz @ -6 dB / 15 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz ? 500 Hz CW
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
? 47.21 / 10.94 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB or better
Audio output External speaker or headphones ? 2 W into 4 Ohm at 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output - 200 W (PEP input) 100 W (25 W AM)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50 (16.5-150)Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 12V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 60 VA
TX - ? 470 VA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1991 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
107.95 × 146.05 × 355.6 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.00 in)
368 × 129 × 370 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 14.57 in)
Weight 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) ? 13.00 kg (28.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 90 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG TEN-TEC-OMNI-D-(000546) YAESU-FT-000990