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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ± 30 Hz after 1 hour warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz / 1 kHz / 1 MHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz (Germany: 0.15-26.1 MHz) 10-80 m 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 12.6 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV (Preamp on)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Preamp on)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 2 µV (Preamp on)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Preamp on)
? ?
Selectivity AM
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
>15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/AM Narrow
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters 250 / 500 Hz CW filters optional ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 10 W (AM: 5 W)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 / 500Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 1.2 A max ? 500 mA
TX - ? Max 3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1998 in Japan Between 197x and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 229 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.02 in)
? 180 × 60 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.45 in)
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) ? 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock & timer
Pre-amp (10 dB)
Attenuator (20 dB)
? ?
Accessories UI-8 FM receive unit (optional)
CR-64 High-stability crystal unit (optional)
UT-36 Voice synthesizer unit (optional)
UR-1 Receiver protection unit (optional)
? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R000072DC YAESU-FT-000201 YAESU-FT-000680R