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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm  160m 
Freq. stability Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup ? ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz - 50 kHz ? 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.5-15 / 48-999 MHz 150-2194 kHz / 76-136 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
? ?
Selectivity SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 3 W @ 10% THD ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W High: 5/5/4.5 W, Low3: 2.5/2.5/2.5 W, Low2: 1/1/1 W, Low1: 0.3/0.3/0.3 W -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA BNC + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.5 V DC 7.2V DC (internal), 13.8V DC (external) 6V DC (4 × LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX 2 A Max 150 mA ?
TX 19 A max Max 1.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 199x and 200x in Japan Between 1984 and 1996 in Japan
Dimensions 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
58 × 88 × 27 mm
(2.28 × 3.46 × 1.06 in)
90 × 179 × 50 mm
(3.54 × 7.05 × 1.97 in)
Weight 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) 590 gr (1.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? -
MPN YAESU-FT-000757GX YAESU-VX-000005R SONY-AIR-000008