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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 200 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 568 × 268 × 120 mm
(22.36 × 10.55 × 4.72 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 21 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout. Clock Built-in cassette recorder DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-004000-RECORDER YAESU-FTDX005000MP