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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-905 MHz 10-80 m + WARC 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM: 3V (10dB S/N)
FM: 1.5V (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1V (12 dB SINAD @ 83 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 49.95 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m + WARC 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 100 W 2-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 1 A ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 198x
Dimensions 180 × 75 × 180 mm
(7.09 × 2.95 × 7.09 in)
240 × 93 × 295 mm
(9.45 × 3.66 × 11.61 in)
?
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Bandscope TV tuner front end ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN STANDARD-AX-000700 YAESU-FT-000707 KENWOOD-TRC-000070