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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Ultra-compact 3W UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability 4 p.p.m. from 1 min. to 60 min. after power on. 25° C: 1 p.p.m./hour ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10 Hz (CW/SSB), 100 Hz (AM/FM) ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 10-80 m 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? < 0.20 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz/4.5 kHz
AM: 6 kHz/20 kHz
FM: 15 kHz/30 kHz
FM-N: 9 kHz/25 kHz
SSB (option):2.3 kHz/4.7 kHz (-66 dB)
CW (option):500 Hz/2.0 kHz
? ?
Filters SSB: 400 Hz-2600 Hz (-6 dB) ? ?
Receiver system Double-Conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st : 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM);10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 60-70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.0 W (8 Ohms, 10% THD or less) Requires external speaker 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
- 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - FM  
RF-output 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC ? 3 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8NiCd/LR6 or 13.8V DC external Mains 3.7 V DC, 1000 mAh Li-ion Battery
Current RX 250-450 mA ? 100 mA max
TX 2.0 A - 1 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 135 × 38 × 165 mm
(5.31 × 1.50 × 6.50 in)
374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
100 × 50 × 20 mm
(3.94 × 1.97 × 0.79 in)
Weight 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 96 gr (3.4 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready ? PC Software Programmable
VOX Function
CTCSS / DCS
Multiple colors
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000817 COLLINS-000075S-1 YANTON-T-M000005