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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±15 ppm from +5 to +55 deg. C
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz) 10-160 m (no general coverage) -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz) 10-160 m ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output 100 W SSB/CW: 240 W, AM/FSK: 80 W (INPUT) ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains 11-16V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A max -
TX ? 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x in USA Between 1980 and 19xx Between and
Dimensions ? 334 × 129 × 400 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 15.75 in)
173 × 115 × 330 mm
(6.81 × 4.53 × 12.99 in)
Weight ? 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual 32-bit IF-DSP. True diversity reception capability with twin RX. Real-time spectrum display. Built-in keyer. Flash-ROM BIOS. VOX
Solid state
Peak/Notch filter
Noise blanker
Variable IF bandwidth
Speech processor
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ORION-(000565) YAESU-FT-000107 DRAKE-RV000075