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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20 / 40 / 80 m 0.2-30 MHz in four bands 78-174 / 350-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? ±3 kHz (-6 dB), ±7 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne FM/AM: double conversion
IF-freqs. 5200 kHz 1st: 54.6-55.5 MHz
2nd: 2.1-3 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W 2W @ 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 20 / 40 / 80 m - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W ? VHF/UHF: 45/40, 25/25, 8/8 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 117/230V AC, 12V DC 13.8V DC or mains + battery option 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 0.5 A
TX ? - 10 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 196x in USA Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 340 × 160 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
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Weight ? 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None 512 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Detachable front panel
Upgradable firmware
Optional APRS
Optional Bluetooth speaker/mic
Color display
Band-scope
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000003 YAESU-FRG-000007 VERO-GLOBAL-COMMUNICATION-VR-006900