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

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 12.5 kHz ? 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 0.54-30 MHz (4 bands) 0.1-2600 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   N-AM   AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 3W @ 8 ohms 1W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.5V 15 %
Current RX ? 65W Max 0.7 A
TX Max 5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx Between 1946 and 1948 in USA Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 172 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.77 in)
440 × 240 × 315 mm
(17.32 × 9.45 × 12.40 in)
180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
Weight ? 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-004000 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000046 YAESU-VR-005000