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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + CB and WWV/JJY ?
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK
600 Hz (-6 dB)
1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB (15-160 m), ≥ 50 dB (10 m) ?
Audio output 3 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.5V DC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply
Current RX Max 1.1 A ?
TX Max 21 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 200x and 200x in China
Dimensions 280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional XTAL controlled memories CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000301D RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801