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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Mobile Dual-Band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option ? 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
? 12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm ? 5 W @ 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output ? 2 kW PEP SSB, 1 kW CW/RTTY (input power) 45-50 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-16V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX N/A ? 500 mA
TX - 15 A 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 1977 and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
123 × 107 × 265 mm
(4.84 × 4.21 × 10.43 in)
?
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B KENWOOD-TL-000922 TYT-MD-009600