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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability 1 ppm/month, 1 Hz/°C after 15 min. warm-up at 25°C typical ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz - 30 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 806-912 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-118 dBm or better) for 10 dB S:N AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-5 MHz: 1.5 µV
5-160 MHz: 0.6 µV
160-370 MHz: 0.6 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
5-520 MHz: 0.3 µV
520-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
5-160 MHz: 0.9 µV
160-370 MHz: 0.6 µV
370-520 MHz: 1.0 µV
520-1300 MHz: 3.0 µV
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Selectivity ? AM/FM: 16 kHz (-6 dB)
W-FM: 200 kHz (-6 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 40.455 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.8 W

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz - -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   - -
RF-output 150 W (200 W high power option) ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC or mains 2.2-3.5V DC (2R6/AA) or 5.5-10V DC (external) 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 15-95 mA 500 mA max
TX Max 40 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in USA Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 1997 and 199x
Dimensions 412 × 198 × 452 mm
(16.22 × 7.80 × 17.80 in)
59 × 85 × 26 mm
(2.32 × 3.35 × 1.02 in)
265 × 90 × 188 mm
(10.43 × 3.54 × 7.40 in)
Weight 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 195 gr (6.9 oz) 1.73 kg (3.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) 640 channels in 10 bank(s) 300 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual VFO. Full QSK Computer control Alpha tags. "Frequency finder". Dual watch. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
PC programmable
S-meter
CTCSS,
Rotary control
Auto-store
Weather alert
Auto-sort,
Backlight
Tape record control
Data skip
Duplicate frequency alert
20 search-skip frequencies
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SIGNAL/ONE-MILSPEC-001030 YAESU-VR-000120D UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000895XLT