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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Six meter transverter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  ? 11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.2-0.5 / 1.5-18 MHz in 6 bands 1.5-30 MHz 28-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   USB   LSB   AM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM
< 1,5 MHz: 5 µV
1,5 - 30 MHz: < 1 µV
SSB
< 1,5 MHz: 1 µV
1,5 - 30 MHz: < 0,5 µV
0.5 µV @ 10 dB S/N for SSB
1.0 µV @ 10 dB S/N for AM
Selectivity ? AM: 7 / 13 kHz (-6 / -30 dB)
SSB 4 / 8 kHz (-6 / -30 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Wadley Loop ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2.5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 28-30 MHz
Modulations - - AM   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 50 W PEP

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SO-239 + Built-in telescopic SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 28 V DC Mains / 12 V DC / 8 × UM-1 cells 11-pin connector from transceiver
Current RX 3 A max ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 199x and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 457 × 241 × 267 mm
(17.99 × 9.49 × 10.51 in)
340 × 156 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.14 × 11.42 in)
?
Weight 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs) 6.40 kg (14.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Clarify control ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000348 STANDARD-C-006500 YAESU-FTV-000650