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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Deluxe Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ? ± 0.003%, PLL-synthesizer
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 26,065-28,305 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ? AM: 1.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: 1.0 µV (20 dB S/N)
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ? AM/FM: 4 kHz @ -5 dB, 10 kHz @ -50 dB
SSB: 2 kHz @ -5 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.695 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 50 dB ? ≥ 50 dB
Audio output External speaker/headphones required ? 3 W @ 10 THD into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 26,065-28,305 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) ? CW/AM/FM: 10 W, SSB: 21 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50/120Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - 90 W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 1991 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
483 × 135 × 470 mm
(19.02 × 5.31 × 18.50 in)
?
Weight 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 3000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? SWR / Power meter
Roger beep
Echo
AGC
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FTDX-000400 RACAL-RA-006793A GALAXY-SSB-ECHO