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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
-
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50/500Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 0.5 A 1.5-2.2 A
TX - Max 2.1 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
210 × 95 × 270 mm
(8.27 × 3.74 × 10.63 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 4.20 kg (9.3 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000001B YAESU-FT-000002-AUTO AOR-AR-ALPHA-B