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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
HF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10-80 m General coverage
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? AM: Better than 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? +/- 1.5 kHz (-6 dB), +/-5 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 8 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output Max 100 W ? Max 200 W (AM: 75 W), internal PSU version, Max 400 W (AM: 100 W), external PSU version

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX - N/A ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions ? 334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
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Weight ? 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Balanced microphone jack (XLR). Large multifunction TFT. Data port. PS/2 keyboard jack. Rotator interface jack for direction indication on the TFT. Direct I/O sound card connections. 32-bit IF DSP. IP3 better than +40 dBm! Twin identical RX.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FLDX-000400 YAESU-FR-000050 YAESU-FTDX-009000D