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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ±500Hz per 30 minutes after warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.25-29.9 MHz 0.15-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-250 / 300-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.7 µV 2-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ? ?
Selectivity AM 6.0 kHz, SSB/CW 3 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 Watts at 4 Ohms ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? Max 125 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100/110/117/200/220/234 VAC 50/60 Hz) Mains 12V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1980 in Japan Between 1982 and 198x Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 360 × 125 × 295 mm
(14.17 × 4.92 × 11.61 in)
? 140 × 61 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.40 × 7.40 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 39000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ANL (Automatic Noise Limiting)
Attenuator
Carry handle
Digital clock timer
Digital display
Fine tuning
Mute line
Pre-selector
Record jack
Recorder activation jacks
S-Meter
Tone control
¼" Headphones jack
Auto-AT option CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx
TrunckTracker III (Motorola I, II, EDACS, APCO25)
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FRG-007000 KENWOOD-TS-000930 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000197