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Portable VHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.15-30 / 76-108 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection 25 dB ? >70 dB
Audio output 1 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output 3 W PEP ±20% ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 60Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 18V DC (4 × 4.5 V batteries) 6V DC (4LR14) Mains
Current RX 55 mA max ? ?
TX 125 mA max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in W. Germany Between 1991 and 19xx Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 186 × 80 × 126 mm
(7.32 × 3.15 × 4.96 in)
290 × 160 × 50 mm
(11.42 × 6.30 × 1.97 in)
368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) including batteries 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Portable Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 162 channels in bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Tube hybrid
VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SEMCOSET-SEMCO SONY-ICF-SW000077 YAESU-FT-000102