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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ± 2 p.p.m. with optional TCXO-3 ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz (general coverage) 0.535-32 MHz (general coverage) 25-54 / 108-174 / 225-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? For 20dB S/N: 8µV at 1MHz, 4.5µV at 4.3MHz, 7µV at 16MHz, 7µV at 28MHz AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? 5 Settings: -3dB bandwidths 15kHz, 9kHz, 3.4kHz, 1.6kHz, 400Hz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion, 14 valves Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? 120dB at 1MHz 60dB at 16MHz 46dB at 28MHz ?
Audio output Internal speaker 2.5 W (2.5 ohm external speaker or 600 ohm headphone) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 100 W, AM: 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 200Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 100-260 VAC mains or 6V DC vibrator pack 4.8 ~ 6 V DC 5 V through USB
Current RX ? 100VA 120 mA typical
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 1994 in Japan Between 1949 and 1950 in USA Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 238 × 93 × 243 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.57 in)
488 × 280 × 488 mm
(19.21 × 11.02 × 19.21 in)
67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 45.00 kg (99.3 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) without accessories and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Electronic Keyer
IF Notch
IF Shift
Dual VFOs
Noise Blanker
Break-in CW
Attenuator
Speech Compressor
VOX
BFO, Main Tuning Dial, Veneir Tuning Dial, Tuning Lock, Antenna Trimmer, HF/TONE Adjustment, Crystal Phasing, Selectivity , RF GAIN, AF GAIN, Diversity IF GAIN, Noise Limiter, VC. USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
About 8 million memory channels (limited only by SD card capacity)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000890 RCA-SC-000088 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000018