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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Maritime VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  None 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz)
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection >70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM  
RF-output 100 W 1 / 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 or(!) 24 V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA
TX ? 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark
Dimensions 368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features Tube hybrid
VOX
Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000102 SAILOR-RT000144