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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
External Speaker

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up, less than 2 kHz in first hour of operation ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m in 7 bands -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? 15-80 m: better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: better than 1.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5.0 kHz (-55 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? > 1 watts (with 10% distortion) 5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m in 7 bands -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W 15-80 m: 160 W (input), 10 m: 120 W (input) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (with PS-500AC) ?
Current RX ? 250 W max -
TX ? 450 W max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 2012 and 2016 in Japan
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 300 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 11.81 in)
330 × 220 × 300 mm
(12.99 × 8.66 × 11.81 in)
200 × 150 × 343 mm
(7.87 × 5.91 × 13.50 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 7.98 kg (17.6 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? - ?
Accessories ? External speaker
External Remove VFO
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MPN YAESU-FT-000077 KENWOOD-TS-000500 ICOM-SP-000034