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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Telemetry Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  None 
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz - 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 2200-2300 MHz (?)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
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Selectivity ? SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m 160-10 m + WARC ?
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 1-4 W FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 13.5 V DC Mains
Current RX 34-45 mA 2 A ?
TX 300-700 mA 19 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
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Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Built-in QSK keyer. IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 YAESU-FT-000757GX DEFENSE-ELECTRONICS-INC-TR-000711C1