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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
8 Band - 20 W SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Tuning steps Continuous 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) 0.3 µV
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz
Image rejection 50 dB ?
Audio output External speaker/headphones required Large built-in speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 3.5-4 / 5.3305-5.4035 / 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 / 18.068-18.168 / 21.0-21.45 / 24.89-24.99
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) SSB: 0.3-20 W, CW: 0.3-10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12-12.6 V DC
Current RX ? 320 mA max
TX ? 2.7 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 201x and 201x in Canada
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
180 × 58 × 200 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
Weight 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Kit

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FTDX-000400 YOUKITS-TJ000005A