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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
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
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? >70 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX Max 50 W ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in Great Britain Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Tube hybrid
VOX
Accessories ? ?
MPN RACAL-RA-001218 YAESU-FT-000102