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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 1.25m 
Freq. stability ? 10 ppm (0 to 60° C) less than 10 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (no general coverage) 0.15-1500 MHz 215-230 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM/SSB/CW: 10dB S/N
FM-N/FM-W: 12dB SINAD

Mode 0.15-1.5 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 30-1000 MHz 1-1.5 GHz
AM 25µV 1µV 1µV 1.9µV
SSB 0.9µV 0.3µV 0.3µV 0.4µV
FM N 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV
FM W - - 1.0µV 1.0µV
< 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W 230 kHz @ 6dB
< 12 kHz (-6 dB)
< 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 65dB ?
Audio output ? 0.2W (8 ohm load) 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m - 220-225 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   - FM  
RF-output SSB/CW: 240 W, AM/FSK: 80 W (INPUT) ? High: 25 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains ? 11-16V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max ? Max 600 mA
TX 20 A max - Max 6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 19xx Between 199x and 200x Between 1989 and 19xx
Dimensions 334 × 129 × 400 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 15.75 in)
? 140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
Weight 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
Solid state
Peak/Notch filter
Noise blanker
Variable IF bandwidth
Speech processor
RS-232 computer interface ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000107 WINRADIO-WR-001550E KENWOOD-TM-000331A