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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m - 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity AM/SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW with optional filter: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 10-80m 160-6 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output 100 W 90 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 600 mA - 1.7 A
TX Max 21 A 225 W max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1978 in Japan Between 1962 and 196x in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 333 × 159 × 305 mm
(13.11 × 6.26 × 12.01 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000101E LAFAYETTE-KT-000390-STARFLITE FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400