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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±2ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 5/6.25/10/12.5/25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (2 m option) 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands) VHF: 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 MHz
UHF: 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.25µV
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB) 60dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >60 dB (15-160 m) >50 dB (10 m) ?
Audio output 1 W ? 500mW @ <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands) VHF: 66-88 or 136-174 or 245-246 MHz
UHF: 300-350 or 350-390 or 400-470 or 450-520 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? AM: 30 W (DC), SSB/CW: 100 W VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-234 V AC) Mains (13.8V DC option) 7.4V DC
Current RX ? 5.5 A (1.1 A heater off) ?
TX - Max 21 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 19xx in Japan (made by Yaesu for Sommerkamp) Between 1979 and 19xx Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 370 × 160 × 290 mm
(14.57 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
62 × 105 × 39 mm
(2.44 × 4.13 × 1.54 in)
Weight ? 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 258 gr (9.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-FRDX-000500 YAESU-FT-000101ZD WOUXUN-KG-000703E