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

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-6 m, ham bands only 10-80 m 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 3 W (external speaker required) ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC/ 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC and 60 m / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? 100 W 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 12-14V DC 8Li-Ion / R6/AA or 13.8V DC external
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1980 and 198x Between 2004 and 200x
Dimensions 394 × 220 × 228 mm
(15.51 × 8.66 × 8.98 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
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Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 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 ? ? CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000155 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX YAESU-FT-000817ND