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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 2m 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. 300 Hz ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 15/30/40 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
0.2 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting)
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
+/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection >70 dB >70 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 15/30/40 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? 100 W 1 / 10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains 13.8 V DC +/-10%
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - ? 1-2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Digital display
Die cast front panel
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 BANDO-TECHNIC-000003 YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER