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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz in 5 bands - 420-470 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM  
Sensitivity better than 5 µV (15 µV for 550-1500 kHz) ? 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 5 kHz (6 dB) 25 kHz (40 dB) ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 465 kHz ? 1st: 58.05 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W ? 500 mW @ 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? Max 75 W (input) 5 / 2 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 75/400Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains, 12V DC or 6×U2 cells Mains 4-16V DC
Current RX 36-180 mA N/A Max 200 mA
TX - ? Max 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 196x in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x Between 1995 and 20xx
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
? 57 × 99 × 30 mm
(2.24 × 3.90 × 1.18 in)
Weight 5.80 kg (12.8 lbs) less batteries ? 325 gr (11.5 oz) with FNB-40
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/PL
DCS
ARTS
Accessories ? ? This transceiver could be equipped with four different keypads(!)
MPN EDDYSTONE-EC000010 YAESU-FL-000050B YAESU-FT-000040R