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Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  1.25m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (0 to 60° C) ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO less than 10 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1500 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 215-230 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity AM/SSB/CW: 10dB S/N
FM-N/FM-W: 12dB SINAD

Mode 0.15-1.5 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 30-1000 MHz 1-1.5 GHz
AM 25µV 1µV 1µV 1.9µV
SSB 0.9µV 0.3µV 0.3µV 0.4µV
FM N 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV 0.4µV
FM W - - 1.0µV 1.0µV
? < 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/CW 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM 6 kHz @ 6dB
FM-N 15 kHz @ 6dB
FM-W 230 kHz @ 6dB
? < 12 kHz (-6 dB)
< 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP Double conversion superheterodyne
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)
10.7 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection 65dB ? ?
Audio output 0.2W (8 ohm load) ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 220-225 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output ? 200 W High: 25 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains 11-16V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 600 mA
TX - ? Max 6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan Between 1989 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
Weight ? 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232 computer interface DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-001550E YAESU-FTDX005000MP KENWOOD-TM-000331A