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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 10-80 m 0.5-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   C4FM  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB 50 dB ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm External speaker/headphones required 700 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   C4FM  
RF-output ? SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 5 W max

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/120Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 7.2 V DC
Current RX N/A ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 2019 and 202x
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
62 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.44 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) 282 gr (10.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? Built-in bluetooth and GPS
APRS 1200/9600bps modem
Voice recorder
Micro SD card slot
Twin RX (V+V/V+U/U+U)
Band scope
320×240 dot matrix full color TFT touch screen
Wires-X
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B YAESU-FTDX-000400 YAESU-FT-000003DR