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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 60-905 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC Mains
Current RX ? ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 80 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 3.15 × 8.66 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features TV tuner front end (!) DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FRG-000965 YAESU-FTDX005000MP