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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM: Better than 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity +/- 1.5 kHz (-6 dB), +/-5 kHz (-50 dB) SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system 8 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection Better than 50 dB > 70 dB
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX N/A 4 A
TX - 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050 ICOM-IC-000732