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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 80-10 m + 11 m + WWV (15 MHz) 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
SSB/CW: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
AM/SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB 50 dB ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m (no WARC) 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains or 13.8 V DC +/-10% 13.8 V DC
Current RX N/A 2 / 7 A (heater off/on) 420 mA
TX - 22 A max. 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 197x and 197x Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
350 × 165 × 333 mm
(13.78 × 6.50 × 13.11 in)
175 × 136 × 63 mm
(6.89 × 5.35 × 2.48 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO 6146B final ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-002020 CRKITS-KN-Q000010A