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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 80-10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM: Better than 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity +/- 1.5 kHz (-6 dB), +/-5 kHz (-50 dB) SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system 8 tubes Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 40-60Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX N/A ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500