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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 110-180 / 300-520 / 800-999 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N Main: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Sub: 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
15 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB >70 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output High: 5.5 W, Low: 0.5 W 100 W max High: 70 W, Mid1: 50 W, Mid2: 25 W, Low: 10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.2-9V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 295 W 0.5-0.8 A
TX ? 32 W Max 15 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 54 × 132 × 35 mm
(2.13 × 5.20 × 1.38 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
140 × 40 × 180 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.09 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 107 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 81 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS (DTMF and voice-scrambler option) VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
DCS & ARTS
9K6 packet ready
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-T000003H KENWOOD-TS-000830S YAESU-FT-003000M