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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ±5 ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
0.5-1.8 (AM) / 76-108 (FM) / 108-250 / 300-1000 MHz (cellular block in some regions)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   W-FM Stereo  
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)
? 0.8 µV (10 dB SN, 108-137 MHz, AM)
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD, 137-150 MHz, FM)
0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD, 150-174 MHz, FM)
1 µV (12 dB SINAD, 174-222 MHz, W-FM)
0.8 µV (10 dB SN, 300-336 MHz, AM)
0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD, 336-420 MHz, FM)
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD, 420-470 MHz, FM)
5 µV (12 dB SINAD, 470-800, W-FM)
0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD, 800-900 MHz, FM)
0.8 µV (12 dB SINAD, 800-999 MHz, FM)
5 µV (10 dB SN, 0.5-1.7 MHz, AM)
2 µV (12 dB SINAD, 76-108 MHz, W-FM)
Selectivity AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) ? N-FM/AM: 12 / 30 kHz (-6/-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion (AM radio) Double conversion (FM/AM) Triple conversion (W-FM)
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? FM/AM radio
1st: 130 kHz (FM) / 50 kHz (AM)
FM/AM
1st: 47.25 (A) / 44.85 (B) MHz
2nd: 450 (A/B) MHz
W-FM
1st: 45.8 (A) / 44.0 (B) MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 1 MHz (A) / 400 kHz (B)
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 4 W @ 4 ohm for 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
2m / 1.25m / 70cm (1.25m USA only)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W High: 5 W, Low 3: 3 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 1: 0.5 W 50 / 20 / 5 W (USA version: 1 W QRP mode)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-16V DC 13.8V DC (11.7~15.8V DC) negative ground
Current RX ? 8-190 mA 0.5 A
TX ? ? 10 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
55 × 146 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.75 × 1.30 in)
157 × 66 × 183.5 mm
(6.18 × 2.60 × 7.22 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-27 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) Chassis + front panel
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 2 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tube hybrid
VOX
? Alpha tags
GPS
APRS
DTMF
Repeater shift (±600 kHz)
Twin RX
Packet modem (1200/9600 baud)
8 different background colours
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000102 YAESU-FT-000815 YAESU-FTM-000350