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UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. Better than ±10 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 137-174 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB Better than 70 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 3 W into 4 Ohms @10 % THD

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output High: 10/10 W, Low: ?/? W 100 W max 65 W / 25W / 10W / 5W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 295 W 0.3-0.7 A
TX ? 32 W 10 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2003 and 2009
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
160 × 50 × 185 mm
(6.30 × 1.97 × 7.28 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 219 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
CTCSS and DCS
NOAA WX alert (US only)
WIRES
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TM-000842 KENWOOD-TS-000830S YAESU-FT-002800M