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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C)
Tuning steps Continuous ? SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 140-174 MHz 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? (-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? ? better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz)
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 5 W SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC 13.5 V DC ±10%
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
? 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 209 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000301 YAESU-VX-000110 YAESU-FT-000080C