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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm per degree centigrade change in ambient temperature within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz in 6 bands 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5-1.13 MHz: 6 µV
1.13-30 MHz: 3 µV
0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 5 kHz (-6 dB)
12 kHz (-30 dB)
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 465 kHz 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection 50 dB at 1-6 MHz, 20 dB at 18 MHz ?
Audio output 1 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna - -
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 210 mA max 0.5 A
TX - 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 196x in Great Britain Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 430 × 222 × 279 mm
(16.93 × 8.74 × 10.98 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000960 YAESU-FT-000070