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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Single-band UHF mobile transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10 / 100 Hz / 1 kHz SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? (-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
25 / 12.5 kHz
Filters 6 / 3 / 1 / 0.3 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
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Image rejection ? better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz) ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W 400 mW into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   W-FM  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 24V DC 13.5 V DC ±10% 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? 1.8 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 480 × 149 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.87 × 11.42 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
120 × 40 × 90 mm
(4.72 × 1.57 × 3.54 in)
Weight 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 275 gr (9.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Alpha tags display
Big/small fonts
VOX
DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN JRC-NRD-000075 YAESU-FT-000080C LEIXEN-VV-000808U