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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup ±0.5 ppm (after 1 min. @ 25 °C) ± 0.003%
Tuning steps Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob 1 / 10 Hz / 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.03-60 MHz 26-32 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB/CW (2 kHz): 0.2 µV
AM (6 kHz): 2 µV
FM: 0.5 µV
AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
USB/LSB: 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz ? 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 / 1000 kHz
Filters - 3/6/15 kHz ?
Receiver system Double direct conversion Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69.450 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
3rd: 30 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB -50 dB
Audio output Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms 2.5 W into 4 Ohms with <10 % THD 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 26-32 MHz
Modulations CW   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 30-40 W 5-100W (AM: 2-25 W) SSB: 25 W, AM: 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 35-75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? 80 VA max ?
TX ? 450 VA max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 2007 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
410 × 135 × 350 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.78 in)
?
Weight 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 240 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Full QSK IF-DSP
RF and LF scope
High dynamic range front end
1:st IF 6 KHz and 12 KHz roofing filters.
Twin RX
LCD display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570) YAESU-FT-002000 GALAXY-DX-002527