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Mobile 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Handheld 2m / 70cm Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (FT-65E)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (FT-65R)
Modulations FM   - FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) ? 140-150 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Direct conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 800 mW @ 10% THD into 16 Ω

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   All mode   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 1 / 10 W 1.5 kW / 1 kW 0.5 / 2 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 25-100Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC +/-10% +48 V DC, +12 V DC and -12 V DC from separate VP-2000 PSU 7.4 V DC (battery pack) or 6-9 V DC external
Current RX 500 mA ? 18-205 mA
TX 1-2.5 A max ? 1.7 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in Japan Between 2017 and 201x
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
482 × 177 × 508 mm
(18.98 × 6.97 × 20.00 in)
52 × 104 × 31 mm
(2.05 × 4.09 × 1.22 in)
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 24.50 kg (54.1 lbs) 260 gr (9.2 oz) inclusing antenna and SBR-25Li battery pack
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital display
Die cast front panel
? Alpha tags
CTCSS/PL and DCS
DTMF
ARTS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER YAESU-VL-002000 YAESU-FT-000065E/R