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

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 10-160 m + WARC 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
? 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW: 200 W, AM: 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains 11-16.6V DC
Current RX N/A ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
? 183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) ? 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO Twin RX CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B YAESU-FT-001000D ZUN-BCD996P2