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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Dual-Band Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-0.535 / 1.5-4 / 4-4.5 / 6-6.5 / 8-9 / 12-13.5 / 16-17.5 / 22-23 / 25-26 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz 108-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm 3 W Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (FTM-300DR)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (FTM-300DE)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 1-10 W, AM: 1-4 W 5 / 25 / 50 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/500Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 4 A ?
TX - 4 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Korea
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
139 × 53 × 18 mm
(5.47 × 2.09 × 0.71 in)
Weight 6.40 kg (14.1 lbs) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) total unit
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Fusion System
CTCSS/PL
2" QVGA color TFT
Built-in Bluetooth and GPS
Wires-X Twin RX (V+V, U+U, V+U, U+V) with simultaneous DV RX on both receivers
1200/9600bd APRS modem
Voice recording
Band scope
AMS
Micro-SD slot
Detachable control head.
Accessories ? ? MH-85A11U Hand microphone with built-in camera
MLS-100 External speaker
SSM-85D DTMF Microphone
MPN DRAKE-RR-000001 ICOM-IC-000732S YAESU-FTM-000300DE