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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps ? ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 10-80 m + 30 m 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 10-80 m + 30 m 2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 10 W SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 430 W (input) SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/100 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 0.5 A
TX Max 2 A ? 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 197x and 1975 in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight ? 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000301S YAESU-FT-000401B YAESU-FT-000070