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Portable VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
?
Selectivity ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
465 kHz
Image rejection 25 dB >70 dB ?
Audio output 1 W ? 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output 3 W PEP ±20% 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 60Ω 50Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 18V DC (4 × 4.5 V batteries) Mains 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX 55 mA max ? ?
TX 125 mA max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in W. Germany Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 186 × 80 × 126 mm
(7.32 × 3.15 × 4.96 in)
368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) including batteries 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Tube hybrid
VOX
AFC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SEMCOSET-SEMCO YAESU-FT-000102 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-III-(STATESMAN)