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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± 50 Hz after 30 minutes ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up
Tuning steps ? Continuous (100 Hz display resolution) Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 50-52 MHz 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz option) 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.4 µV 1.8-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? AM 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW 2.7 kHz
FM 12.5 kHz
2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 50 dB
Audio output ? 1.4 Watts at 8 Ohms External speaker/headphones required

Transmitter

TX-range 50-52 MHz - 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 3 W ? SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input)

Connections

Antenna Built-in telescopic SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50/120Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 198x Between 1985 and 1993 in Japan Between 1967 and 197x in Japan
Dimensions ? 334 × 118 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 4.65 × 8.86 in)
400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
Weight ? 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 12 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VXO ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000502 YAESU-FRG-008800 YAESU-FTDX-000400