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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + CB and WWV 10-80 m ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection Better than 60 dB (15-160 m) Better than 50 dB (10 m) 50 dB ?
Audio output ? External speaker/headphones required ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 10-80 m 160-10m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output SSB: 200 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), AM/FSK: 50 W (input) SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 150 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/120Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.5V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 1.1 A ? ?
TX Max 21 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
?
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Built-in dummy load
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000301 YAESU-FTDX-000400 YAESU-FC-000757AT