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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz 137-174 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double-conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection ? Better than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W into 4 Ohms @10 % THD Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   FM  
RF-output ? 65 W / 25W / 10W / 5W 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ±15% ? V DC
Current RX ? 0.3-0.7 A ?
TX - 10 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1954 and 1985 in USA Between 2003 and 2009 Between 1991 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 267 × 438 mm
(19.02 × 10.51 × 17.24 in)
160 × 50 × 185 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 7.28 in)
?
Weight 29.50 kg (65.1 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 219 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS and DCS
NOAA WX alert (US only)
WIRES
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000390A/URR YAESU-FT-002800M YAESU-FT-000076