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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
144-148 MHz 2182 kHz, single channel
Modulations CW   FM   AM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV for 10 dB (S+N)/N 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) Better than 1 µV
Selectivity Approx. 200-800 Hz +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) 20 kHz (-40 dB), 40 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters 4-pole variable-bandwidth crystal filter ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 watt (peak) into 8-ohm load Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 3.5 / 7.0 / 10.1 / 14.0 / 18.05 / 21.0 MHz
(2 or 4 selected bands per module)
144-148 MHz -
Modulations CW   FM   -
RF-output QRP (0-5 W) 1 / 10 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8.5 to 15 V DC 13.8 V DC +/-10% 24 V DC +/- 10% or mains
Current RX 55 mA 500 mA 100-350 mA
TX 700-900 mA 1-2.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x in USA Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark
Dimensions 130 × 60 × 180 mm
(5.12 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
230 × 150 × 162 mm
(9.06 × 5.91 × 6.38 in)
Weight 600 gr (1.3 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Digital display
Die cast front panel
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-K000001 YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER SAILOR-R000501