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Military Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 2 ~ 20 - 1100 MHz 108-151.95 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output External speaker/headphones required ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 116-149.95 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM  
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) ? 20 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50/120Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 28 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
? ?
Weight 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? 680 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FTDX-000400 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008617-SERIES MILITARY-AN/ARC-000073A