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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
VHF/UHF SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 PPB

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 10-160 m 24-1800 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   All mode  
Sensitivity ≤ 1 µV (S+N/N) 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB), 2 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? Tracking RF filters
Receiver system ? ? Digital Down Converter, software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60 dB <STRONG>15-160 m:</STRONG> Better than 60 dB <STRONG>10 m:</STRONG> Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m 10-160 m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   All mode  
RF-output 1 / 100 W 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-16 V DC 13.5V DC 5 V DC (USB port)
Current RX 2 A ? ?
TX 3-20 A Max 2 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1975 and 1977 in USA Between 197x and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in France
Dimensions 367 × 146 × 352 mm
(14.45 × 5.75 × 13.86 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
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Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 8 programmable GPIO's
3 programmable clock outputs
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000104 YAESU-FT-000301SD AIRSPY-R000002