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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 10-80 m 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 10-80 m 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input) 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/120 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains Mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX Max 40 A ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
? 58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 YAESU-FTDX-000570 ICOM-ID-000051A