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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Better than ±10 ppm ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 28-29.7 MHz 136-174 MHz 0.03-56 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) Better than 0.4µV (12dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-56 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.16 µV
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) -6/-60dB:
12kHz/28kHz (Wide)
9kHz/22kHz (Narrow)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 10 kHz roofing
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection 60 dB Better than 70dB 70 dB
Audio output ? 3W into 4 ohms @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 28-29.7 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations FM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 5 W 75 / 25 / 10 / 5 W 100 / 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC ±15% 13.8V DC +/-10%
Current RX Max 300 mA 0.7A max 1 A (squelched)
TX Max 10 A 15A max Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 2009 and 20xx Between 2007 and 2010
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 205 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.07 in)
160 × 50 × 185 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 7.28 in)
223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
NOAA WX alert (US only)
WIRES
IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-007801HN YAESU-FT-002900R YAESU-FT-000450AT