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Base Station HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  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 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.2-30 MHz in four bands General coverage
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
±3 kHz (-6 dB), ±7 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
1st: 54.6-55.5 MHz
2nd: 2.1-3 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion 2W @ 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output 20-100 W ? Max 200 W (AM: 75 W), internal PSU version, Max 400 W (AM: 100 W), external PSU version

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other RS-232C - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14 V DC 13.8V DC or mains + battery option Mains
Current RX 1.5 A ? ?
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 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 TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 YAESU-FRG-000007 YAESU-FTDX-009000D