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Mobile 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.05 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 / 300 Hz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? 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 ? <STRONG>15-160 m:</STRONG> Better than 60 dB <STRONG>10 m:</STRONG> Better than 50 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 1 / 10 W 10 W 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC +/-10% 13.5V DC Mains
Current RX 500 mA ? ?
TX 1-2.5 A max Max 2 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 197x and 19xx Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) (SM-5000: 3 kg / 6.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1 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
? DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER YAESU-FT-000301SD YAESU-FTDX005000MP