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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.2-30 MHz in four bands General coverage
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity 2.5 kHz (6dB) / 8.1 kHz (60dB) ±3 kHz (-6 dB), ±7 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 54.6-55.5 MHz
2nd: 2.1-3 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Jensen speaker 2W @ 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? Max 200 W (AM: 75 W), internal PSU version, Max 400 W (AM: 100 W), external PSU version

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains + battery option Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1959 Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 171 × 279 × 381 mm
(6.73 × 10.98 × 15.00 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features One optional band ? Balanced microphone jack (XLR). Large multifunction TFT. Data port. PS/2 keyboard jack. Rotator interface jack for direction indication on the TFT. Direct I/O sound card connections. 32-bit IF DSP. IP3 better than +40 dBm! Twin identical RX.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000001-A YAESU-FRG-000007 YAESU-FTDX-009000D