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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  40m  15m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands) 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz 88-108 / 136-174 / 350-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB) ? 12 kHz @ -6 dB
30 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 49.95 MHz / 450 kHz (left band)
38.85 MHz / 450 kHz (right band)
Image rejection >60 dB (15-160 m) >50 dB (10 m) ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2W@8Ω for 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands) 15 + 40m 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output AM: 30 W (DC), SSB/CW: 100 W 1/10 W 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 (UHF:40) W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (13.8V DC option) 12-15 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 5.5 A (1.1 A heater off) ? 500 mA
TX Max 21 A 3 A max 8.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 19xx Between 1986 and 1988 in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx
Dimensions 345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
250 × 115 × 90 mm
(9.84 × 4.53 × 3.54 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) incl. battery and antenna 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 809 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000101ZD JRC-JST-000010A TYT-TH-007800