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Mobile VHF Transceiver
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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-136 MHz 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) ?
Selectivity ? +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 7 W 1 / 10 W SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W, FM: 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8 V DC +/-10% Mains
Current RX Max 600 mA 500 mA ?
TX Max 11 A 1-2.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 166 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.54 in)
180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
370 × 157 × 350 mm
(14.57 × 6.18 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 80 channels in 1 bank(s) 1 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTS, CTCSS and DTMF options Digital display
Die cast front panel
CAT system
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-TS-000147DX YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER YAESU-FT-000980