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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave VFO
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ±300 Hz after 10 minutes warm-up, less than 100 Hz after 30 minute warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz - 70-90 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - -
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? XTAL
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 5.0-5.5 MHz -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - -
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) 150 mV rms ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 13.5V DC (supplied by FT-107) ? V DC
Current RX ? 0.3 A max ?
TX Max 40 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
226 × 128 × 330 mm
(8.90 × 5.04 × 12.99 in)
?
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control ? 8 VHF / 8 UHF channels
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 YAESU-FV-000107 PUMA-000200