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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  11m (CB)  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 p.p.m. (after 1 minute @+14 °F to +140 °F [–10 °C to +60 °C])
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz 5/10 Hz (SSB, CW), 50/100 Hz (AM, FM)

Receiver

RX-range 180-400 / 540-1600 kHz / 1.8-8 MHz
31, 25, 19 and 16 m
136.000 - 174.000MHz 0.3-56 / 118-164 / 420-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.158 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (144 - 146 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.125 µV (430 - 440 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
AM (10 dB S+N/N, 30 % modulation @400 Hz)
28 µV (0.1 - 1.8 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
2 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
1 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5 µV (1.8 - 30 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.25 µV (50 - 54 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.18 µV (144 - 146 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
0.18 µV (430 - 440 MHz) (RF AMP 2 “ON”)
Selectivity ? ? Mode –6 dB / –60 dB
SSB/CW (Width=2.4 kHz) 2.4 kHz or better / 3.6 kHz or less
CW-N (Width =500 Hz) 0.5 kHz or better / 750 Hz or less
AM 6 kHz or better / 15 kHz or less
FM 12 kHz or better / 30 kHz or less
FM-N 9 kHz or better / 25 kHz or less
Filters ? ? 3 kHz (LSB/USB) 500 Hz (CW) 6 kHz (AM) 16 kHz (FM)
Receiver system Single conversion ? SSB/CW/AM: Tripe conversion FM: Double conversion
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? 69.450 MHz
9.000 MHz (SSB, CW, AM)
24 kHz (SSB, CW, AM)
450 kHz (FM)
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB or better (1.8 MHz - 50 MHz Amateur bands) 60 dB or better (144/430 MHz Amateur band)
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W into 4 Ohms with 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range ? 136.000 - 174.000MHz 1.8-54 / 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? 10/25 W HF: 5-100 W, VHF/UHF: 5-50 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic SO-239 SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 200 mA 2.2 A max
TX ? 4.5 A max 22 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1956 in USA Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2016 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 43 × 30 × 20 mm
(1.69 × 1.18 × 0.79 in)
130 × 35 × 125 mm
(5.12 × 1.38 × 4.92 in)
224 × 76 × 250 mm
(8.82 × 2.99 × 9.84 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ? 4.30 kg (9.5 lbs)
Form factor Portable Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 11 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bandspread ? 3.5 Inch Full Color TFT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-TW-001000 DRAGON-SY-000252 YAESU-FT-000991A