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

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 80-10 m + WWV option 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ± 6 kHz @ -6 dB
± 12 kHz @ -60 dB
1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 50 dB ?
Audio output ? 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 3 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±10% Mains 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 0.5 A max N/A ?
TX 6 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 180 × 72 × 270 mm
(7.09 × 2.83 × 10.63 in)
335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 1750 Hz (Europe)
1800 Hz (USA)
BFO CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-CPU-002500R YAESU-FR-000050B ZUN-BCD996P2