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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  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)
80-10 m + 6 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W SSB/CW: 100 W PEP, AM: 33 W, FM: 50 W

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 40-60Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%) 13.8V DC
Current RX N/A ? -
TX - ? 15 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
174 × 56 × 235 mm
(6.85 × 2.20 × 9.25 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Input power: 5W / 10W switchable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500 TOKYO-HY-POWER-HL-000100BDX