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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-824 / 849-869 / 894-960 MHz (USA) 0.03-56 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
29-54 MHz: 0.3 µV (20 dB S/N)108-137 MHz: 1 µV (20 dB S/N)
137-960 MHz: 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
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 SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
+/-10 kHz (-6 dB), +/-18 kHz (-50 dB) 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 15, 6 and 3 kHz ? 10 kHz roofing
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
1st: 257.5 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection More than 70 dB ? 70 dB
Audio output More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! ? 100 / 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains, 85-265 VAC 9V DC external or 6V DC (4LR6) internal 13.8V DC +/-10%
Current RX Max 210 VA ? 1 A (squelched)
TX Max 800 VA - Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2007 and 2010
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
63 × 145 × 34 mm
(2.48 × 5.71 × 1.34 in)
223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 210 gr (7.4 oz) 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
RS-232 IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007700 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000089 YAESU-FT-000450AT