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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m + WWV option 10-160 m + 9.9-10.5 MHz Europe: 144-146 MHz
USA: 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity SSB: ≤ 0.5 µV S/N 10 dB
AM: ≤ 1 µV S/N 10 dB
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM: 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
?
Selectivity 1.5 kHz @ -6 dB
5 kHz @ -50 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 50 dB ? ?
Audio output 1 W for 8 Ohm / 600 Ohm ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - Europe: 144-146 MHz
USA: 144-148 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? Hi 2.5 W, Lo 0.2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? V 10.8V DC +/-10%
Current RX N/A ? 45-150 mA
TX - - 250-800 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1973 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1979 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 335 × 153 × 260 mm
(13.19 × 6.02 × 10.24 in)
? 68 × 181 × 54 mm
(2.68 × 7.13 × 2.13 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) ? 680 gr (1.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO ? Scanning. CTCSS option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050B YAESU-FRDX-000500 YAESU-FT-000207R