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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
External VFO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year) ± 50 Hz after 30 minutes ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous (100 Hz display resolution) ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz option) -
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode  
Sensitivity <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz 0.4 µV 1.8-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ?
Selectivity 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz AM 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW 2.7 kHz
FM 12.5 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection >60 dB typical ? ?
Audio output 1 watt 4 Ohm 1.4 Watts at 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output - ? 150 mV rms

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239 Proprietary
Impedance 50/450Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains Mains ?
Current RX 1.5 A ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in USA Between 1985 and 1993 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
334 × 118 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 4.65 × 8.86 in)
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Weight 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1024 channels in 8 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 4 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000350 YAESU-FRG-008800 YAESU-FV-000101B