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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 430-440 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity <0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 22 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 Hz (300 Hz optional)
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 25 W, Low 2: 10 W, Low: 5 W 1 W 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 300-700 mA Max 100 mA ?
TX 4-10 A Max 750 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 2009 Between 198x and 19xx Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
? 462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ? 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 221 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alpha-tags. ARTS, DTMF, CTCSS, DCS WIRES II. CW trainer. Password protection. ? DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-001802M/E YAESU-FT-000790R YAESU-FTDX005000