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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C) ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC 0.495–999.990MHz MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1 µV (30 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
Selectivity ± 6 kHz (- 6 dB)
± 12 kHz (-60 dB)
(-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
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Filters ? 500 Hz CW ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM) ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
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Image rejection ? better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz) ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC 144–146 / 430–440MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 2.5/0.3 W SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 5.5-13V DC 13.8 V DC 5.5-11.5V DC
Current RX 20-100 mA ? ?
TX 700 mA ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x Between 1987 and 19xx Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 153 × 34 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.34 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PLL with thumbwheels. VOX ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000203R YAESU-FT-000747GX ICOM-IC-E000080D