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Desktop Shortwave receiver
4-Band SSB/CW Transceiver
Mobile Dual-Band transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
? 12 / 30 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 49.95 / 38.85 kHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm ? 5 W @ 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 3.5-3.9 / 7.0-7.3 / 14.0-14.35 / 21.0-21.45 MHz 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output ? ? 45-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX N/A 420 mA 500 mA
TX - 4 A 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in China Between 2017 and 201x in China
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
175 × 136 × 63 mm
(6.89 × 5.35 × 2.48 in)
?
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B CRKITS-KN-Q000010A TYT-MD-009600