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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.001%
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
26.695-27.845 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N) ? < 0.5 µV / < 0.15 µV for 10 dB S/N (AM/ SSB)
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Tubes ? ?
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? -50 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.5W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
26.695-27.845 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   SSB  
RF-output 100 W / 240 W (PEP input) High: 5 W, Low 3: 3 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 1: 0.5 W AM: 4 W / SSB: 12 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-16V DC Mains / 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 8-190 mA 1 A max
TX ? ? 3.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 335 × 140 × 280 mm
(13.19 × 5.51 × 11.02 in)
55 × 146 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.75 × 1.30 in)
285 × 135 × 342 mm
(11.22 × 5.31 × 13.46 in)
Weight 17.50 kg (38.6 lbs) 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-27 5.40 kg (11.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000200 YAESU-FT-000815 GALAXY-DX-002547