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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Dual-Band Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz 108-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion, 18 tubes ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 W Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (FTM-300DR)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (FTM-300DE)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5 / 25 / 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 60 W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1946 and 1948 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2020 and 202x in Korea
Dimensions 546 × 310 × 387 mm
(21.50 × 12.20 × 15.24 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
139 × 53 × 18 mm
(5.47 × 2.09 × 0.71 in)
Weight 30.40 kg (67.1 lbs) ? 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) total unit
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ¼" Head. Jack, S Meter, Bandspread, Speaker Terminals, Sensitivity, ANL, BFO, Phono Terminals, Standby, Dial Lamp, AVC ON/OFF, Hinged Top Cover, Carry Handles ? Fusion System
CTCSS/PL
2" QVGA color TFT
Built-in Bluetooth and GPS
Wires-X Twin RX (V+V, U+U, V+U, U+V) with simultaneous DV RX on both receivers
1200/9600bd APRS modem
Voice recording
Band scope
AMS
Micro-SD slot
Detachable control head.
Accessories ? ? MH-85A11U Hand microphone with built-in camera
MLS-100 External speaker
SSM-85D DTMF Microphone
MPN HAMMARLUND-SP-000400-X RACAL-RA-003701 YAESU-FTM-000300DE